Universal Sex Arena - Romancitysm
by Maarten Schiethart
published: 3 / 2 / 2015
Label:
Tempesta International
Format: CD
intro
Clumsy and unfocused but also ambitious second album from oddball Italian popsters, Universal Sex Arena
This ambitious second album from 60’s-influenced Italian fun popsters Universal Sex Arena should leave you feeling rest assured. They are still rather wild, yet not life threatening. The self-appointed idiosyncrasies of Universal Sex Arena’s linguistics come in Italinglish, which is pleasant on the ear but a language which is difficult to understand. Sing-song rock-outs such as 'Sudden Donna' add to this cross-cultural dilemma. When this is finally resolved, 'Romancitysm' takes a turn towards seemingly endless spaghetti sonics. It loses focus - noodles sliding down from the kitchen wall - until, and just in time, a snappy synthesizer funk sound is introduced on 'Eyes Telling the Future'. The album's penultimate track 'The Ghost Town' is in a similar vein. You'll hear a clumsy yet daring mish-mash of freeform à la Italiano. 'Romancitysm' is far too odd to dismiss.
Track Listing:-
1 Breathe the Light2 The Last Detroit's Urbanist
3 Sudden Donna
4 Take My Shirt Off
5 Eyes Yelling "The Future"
6 The Ghost Town
7 The Legendary Healer
Band Links:-
http://www.universalsexarena.com/https://twitter.com/univsexarena
https://www.facebook.com/universalsexarena
Label Links:-
http://www.latempesta.org/https://www.facebook.com/la.tempesta.dischi
https://twitter.com/tempestadischi
http://latempestadischi.tumblr.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/enricomolteni
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