“The language of snakes” is the new album by filoswordout on May 15th for Bradipo Dischi, created with the contribution of NewImaie. After a debut album that had positioned them among the most interesting realities of the new Italian independent scene, the second work marks a change in form and perspective: from a solo project by Filippo Spadafilospada becomes a full-fledged band, with the stable entry of Jacopo De Donà on drums ed Emanuele Malfatti on the bass.
Three years after the debut album, “Gli Ulti 4 Disastrosti”, filosword consolidates a more compact identity: an organic, deliberately lo-fi indie-rock sound, crossed by a slacker attitude that defines its pace. Within this structure, the songwriting becomes sharper and more visionary, moving between surreal images and sudden short circuits, alternating darkness and ironic deviations. Born for the live dimension, the album was written and played entirely in the group's den, the “Che Studio”, and is the result of a “one take” recording: a single take recorded entirely by the three members of the band which restores truth and immediacy.
“The magnificent rattlesnake god“is the song that opens our new album. We liked the idea of starting the album with a song that immediately presents the main image of the album, that of snakes, in a similar way to the function of the first piece of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles. From a point of view of structure and sound, “The magnificent rattlesnake god” lent itself really well to this purpose because it is very dreamlike, relatively short, and immediately introduces the main concept of the album through this desert landscape and this lysergic idea of a serpent god who speaks through a mystical, cryptic language, which is actually the atmosphere of the album. It also works very well as the first piece of our live setlist, so it is also coherent in that aspect.
“The hardest part was accepting that the “language of snakes” is something ineffable. It cannot be transcribed into a song: it is a suggestion that permeates the entire album but which does not have a real, verifiable form. It is a theme that remains completely open, as in the piece of the same name. The album would like to be a concept album but the concept itself is mysterious, and the connection between the songs operates on a deeper level than the rational one.”
WIRESWORD
WIRESWORD was born in Milan as a solo project by Filippo Spadainitially rooted in a rough and instinctive songwriting capable of mixing irony, discomfort and unsettling images. Over time it consolidates into a stable band thanks to the entry of Jacopo De Donà on drums ed Emanuele Malfatti to the bottom: a natural evolution that transforms individual urgency into a more compact and collective dimension. After the first singles of 2022 (Quechua, Giuseppe Verdi, Notte posto gli exami), the debut will be released in 2023 The last 4 disasters, included by Rockit among the 50 best Italian albums of the first half of the year, a work that recounts the end of adolescence with a look that is both disenchanted and melancholy. In the following years the live dimension becomes central and the sound becomes more cohesive, maintaining a strongly slacker spirit – disenchanted but very clear – and a lo-fi attitude that is not a pose but a precise choice. With the second album The language of snakes (Bradipo Dischi) the writing becomes more exposed and aware, crossing darker tensions and a narrative surrealism that delves into pain, mourning and sexuality without losing an oblique lightness.
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Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
