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SCONFITTA     “Essere Nessuno”

By Dr. Abner Mality

This Italian band is primed and ready for failure and they admit it! The most interesting thing about this trio is their blunt approach to their self-described “schizophrenic music against standardized dissent”. Here is their unique take on things…

“In a system, both related to the music industry and life in general, that promotes the hegemony of ambition and considers victory the sole measure of excellence, even protest is stifled within traditionally predefined genres and languages, which end up neutralizing its revolutionary force by confining it to an uncritical and self-referential model.”

I just wish that SCONFITTA was musically as interesting as their philosophy. What we hear on “Essere Nessuno” is basically a combination of noise rock and punk with a few mellow moments sprinkled around. The protest lyrics are all in Italian, which I don’t speak, so they don’t have much weight. This is basically a mini-album, with a run-time well under 30 minutes, and the music is that punk/noise combo which is not really all that novel an idea, although catchy moments are certainly here. The vocals are not that impressive, lacking the anger that protest music needs.

It’s a minor diversion, but SCONFITTA are more than prepared for what’s next. Here’s another direct quote from their presskit: “...the trio has composed an album without rhyme or reason that’s unlikely to please anyone and they’ve even topped it off with a little book that no one will read.”

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