Recorded at Vacuum Studios in Bologna in June ’09, with artistic production by Settlefish’s Bruno Germano (Disco Drive, My Awesome Mixtape, Blake/e/e…) then mastered by Carl Saff in Chicago, "Crippled Cute" it's at first sight a collection of catchy indie pop songs, with a darker side footed in the punk/wave ground, the heart in the ’90s (Modest Mouse, Pavement) and the hands in the new century (Klaxons, Foals).
The album is now available by mailorder from the band my space or on Suiteside - record label | booking agency | promotion, in a limited edition of 300 copies packaged in cartoon sleeve + booklet with lyrics.Reclused in an old country house in the San Leo castle village - near Rimini - Damien* realised a peculiar videoclip for "Confidants", first single from the new album "Crippled Cute".
Directed by Alberto Baldolini of the fellow band General Decay, the video express as many contradictions as the song itself - an apparently happy tune with a disappointment theme inside, a sing-a-long tune broken by a heavy guitar riffs in the coda, slow vs fast, lights vs shades.
The old framed picture you can see in the movie is a portrait of Damiano's (Damien* drummer) grandparents from the 1930's.
The free digital single can be downloaded here
Suiteside - Damien* / "Confidants EP" - SoundCloud
and it features remixes by Not an Exit and Death in Plains.
Not an Exit formed in 2008 as a side project of Fitness Pump and Swim. Rawing from influences of electro, hip hop and rock music, N.a.E. released their first, dark & untitled e.p. in 2009 mixing heavy guitars, shoegaze noises and classic four on the floor kickdrums.Death in Plains was born as the bedroom diy project of Enrico Boccioletti, Damien*s singer and guitarist. His "mistaken pop songs" found their way to the hearts and playlists of bloggers and new music seekers, and to the ears of the owners of London label Disc Error (Ulterior, Ipso Facto, Romance...) who just released the 7" "Over and Above".
The album is now available by mailorder from the band my space or on Suiteside - record label | booking agency | promotion, in a limited edition of 300 copies packaged in cartoon sleeve + booklet with lyrics.Reclused in an old country house in the San Leo castle village - near Rimini - Damien* realised a peculiar videoclip for "Confidants", first single from the new album "Crippled Cute".
Directed by Alberto Baldolini of the fellow band General Decay, the video express as many contradictions as the song itself - an apparently happy tune with a disappointment theme inside, a sing-a-long tune broken by a heavy guitar riffs in the coda, slow vs fast, lights vs shades.
The old framed picture you can see in the movie is a portrait of Damiano's (Damien* drummer) grandparents from the 1930's.
The free digital single can be downloaded here
Suiteside - Damien* / "Confidants EP" - SoundCloud
and it features remixes by Not an Exit and Death in Plains.
Not an Exit formed in 2008 as a side project of Fitness Pump and Swim. Rawing from influences of electro, hip hop and rock music, N.a.E. released their first, dark & untitled e.p. in 2009 mixing heavy guitars, shoegaze noises and classic four on the floor kickdrums.Death in Plains was born as the bedroom diy project of Enrico Boccioletti, Damien*s singer and guitarist. His "mistaken pop songs" found their way to the hearts and playlists of bloggers and new music seekers, and to the ears of the owners of London label Disc Error (Ulterior, Ipso Facto, Romance...) who just released the 7" "Over and Above".
