Whimsical is the new single by Amalia Bloom. The Italian band dynamically combines the most confidential emo with more rough sound choices. This new track, the first extract from their forthcoming album, is an intimate and visceral invitation to launch ourselves into a radical change to live peacefully and without any remorse.
“Whimsical” is an adjective that the band ironically associates with memories, representing the oddities of everyday life in a city that seems unable to let go of its inhabitants. In the lyrics, an old woman takes a walk with her (past and future) grandson and, while holding their hand, she reflects on the features of the city she never had the courage to leave. Nostalgia mixes with remorse, creating a dense and bitter fluid: the routine we have crafted for ourselves is what we are today, but what would we be now if we had been able to take more risks?
Musically, the song perfectly describes the two souls of the band: a shy, almost whispered opening gives way to dynamic and screamed parts, in a game of balance that reaches its climax with a final explosion in the chorus, intense both instrumentally and vocally. The sound is enriched by some Fender Rhodes parts, arranged and performed by Elia Guglielmi, the sound engineer of the whole record.
In the video directed by Yari Ricco, the twilight of an empty theater hosts the concert of the band, which merges with the performance of the dancer Silvia Garulli of the Compagnia Sisina Augusta, in a communion of intent the two artistic forms influence and complete each other. The single anticipates the band’s second studio album, “Picturesque“, out on May 13, 2022.
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