The minstrels of alternative rock known
as ilVolodiColin have
released their highly anticipated debut EP album,
“ilVolodiColin.” Full of groove,
verve and powerfully evocative songwriting, “ilVolodiColin” is
easily the most intriguing alt-rock album to come from Italy in
recent memory. [Official date of this publication, edited
by the independent record label Music Room 05, is 31 May 2015.]
IlVolodiColin's new EP contains five
original tracks for an approximate total listening time of 20
minutes, making the EP the definitive ilVolodiColin collection to
date. Widely varied yet consistent in terms of character,
“ilVolodiColin” makes for a remarkably perfect introduction to
this European alt-rock crew for fans of rock music in general around
the globe.
ilVolodiColin cite as main artistic
influences a broad selection of genius. These include, in the band's
own words: “Blues godfathers,
Hendrix, the Beatles, the Doors, Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, Pink
Floyd, King Crimson, Area, PFM, Battisti, Mina, Mogol, Tenco,
Buscaglione, De Andrè… In other words rock, prog-rock and
psychedelic-rock masters and some of the most poetical Italian
authors and performers.”
Close readers will note the absence of
the fundamental alt-rock players of the 1990s in this list, but the
fact is that ilVolodiColin would have fit in nicely during that
decade. Their sound recalls elements of Urge Overkill and Soul
Asylum, having fat, juicy bass lines and an emphasis on creative
chord progressions. Still, it is their deep prog-rock roots which
often win out, such as in songs like “Dammi Qualche Idea” (“Give
Me Some Ideas”) the album's closing selection.
Also integral to the ilVolodiColin
sound is a careful attention to lyric poetry and transcendental
thought, a hint of which may be gleaned from their song titles.
Speaking of the themes of their debut
EP, ilVolodiColin say:
“Our EP, which is also our first
release, is based on the idea of a rebirth, a spiritual rebirth into
a new realm which is intimate and extended – infinite. It's not an
escape from reality, but the reaching of a more conscious state of
mind where material limits and inhibitions do not exist. It's a
shamanic journey, a purification, a gift you can take with you when
you're back to this world. We'd like that our songs could share with
others the catharsis we feel while we play.”
Being proudly published on the Music
Room 05 indie label, ilVolodiColin share many of the same principles.
On at least one official website, Music Room 05 has been described
online as promoting “mainly Italian music songwriting and related
productions, with the goal to attract again the public’s attention
towards genuine and original artistic expressions, closer to our
ethnic culture and of more immediate and articulated perception both
of the lyrical and the poetical aspects, not disregarding at the same
time any wise experimentation with the international and the
avant-garde resources.
“The spirit from which it rises is
relentless, unleashed and anti-crisis. Our vision is wide-open,
constant and positive!”
The mission statement closes with a
quote from Thucydides, who notably said, “Who dares, wins.”
IlVolodiColin's self-titled debut EP is
available online worldwide beginning 31 May 2015. Alt-rock fans
should definitely get in early.
-S. McCauley
Lead Press Release Writer
www.MondoTunes.com
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