Shadow Songs brings to light songs that remained on the margins of the band's discography, songs born in different periods and never officially included in previous albums, but which have remained alive over time, maintaining their expressive strength intact.
The project was born from a particular experience started in 2022, when some of these tracks were shared exclusively through the group's newsletter. A gesture conceived as a direct and intimate exchange with one's community, accompanied by a simple request: to preserve those songs without spreading them online. An experiment based on trust that the fans welcomed and respected completely, transforming those songs into a sort of secret heritage shared between band and listeners.
After the intense months of the tour of Aurora Popularthe band decided to finally give an official publication to that material, recovering and reworking the songs in the studio together with Ivan Antonio Rossi and adding two completely new pieces. Thus was born an EP that collects remaining songs “in the shade”, but never truly abandoned, still capable of telling something necessary today.
EP focus track, “People who persist in living“is a disillusioned and stubborn hymn to daily survival: a song that looks chaos in the face without retreating, transforming resistance into a form of ferocious optimism. With irony and emotional tension, the song asks what invisible force continues to push people forward, even when everything, governments, destiny, even the sky, seems to work against it.
The artwork of the project also continues the path of visual research already undertaken by the band in recent years: after the homage to the graphics of Munari for Einaudi made in 2021, the cover of Shadow Songs this time it is inspired by the historic musical scores that have accompanied generations of musicians.
To accompany this release there will also be a 12'' one side vinyl LP edition, with smooth B side, case packaging and unprinted black inner sleeve.
They will accompany the release of Shadow Songs the SUMMER 2026 live dates, already announced at festivals and on outdoor stages throughout Italy.
A new live chapter that collects the energy of the previous club tour and brings it under the open sky, keeping intact that spirit of sharing that has always characterized the band's concerts.
TOUR DATES
MAY 21 MIAMI FESTIVAL MILAN
JUNE 18 MOOD SUMMER FESTIVAL YIELD (CS)
20 JUNE THE FIRST SUMMER LIDO DI CAMAIORE (LU)
4 JULY D'ACORD FESTIVAL LAGNASCO (CN)
10 JULY FOOL FESTIVAL MORROVALLE (MC)
JULY 11 ROCKUNMONTE MONTESPERTOLI (FI)
JULY 15 JAMROCK FESTIVAL VICENZA
JULY 16 INVINCIBLE FEST C/O EUR SOCIAL PARK ROME
18 JULY BRAND SOUNDS TREVISO
22 JULY FERRARA UNDER THE STARS FERRARA
JULY 30 MEDITERRANEAN WAVES GRADISCA D'ISONZO (GO)
1 AUGUST PIF FESTIVAL FRIGENTO (AV)
Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
