Misophonia​ (2024)

Below, something about the various songs in MISOPHONIA:

Wildest dreams
It’s the incipit in which the narrator offers his declaration of intent on what he wants to propose in his work (and how), well aware that it’s very likely that it will be a chaotic journey in solitude, within which his wildest and most twisted dreams will find their place.
In the art of stopping
Cover of the song by Wire, a group I am very fond of even if I was able to applaud them live only once, precisely on the occasion of the presentation of the album from which this song is taken. Its simple text contains many keywords that will return several times in the other songs of Misophonia.
Fly to Rome
Darker and darker times are approaching, and the noise of wars becomes more and more distinct. Perhaps returning to what has become my adopted city will not really be able to save me from the nightmares that financial appetites with their new toys are fueling at the expense of increasingly defenseless populations.
Never understand
Cover of the song by Jesus and Mary Chain. Originally based on a chant similar to a nursery rhyme immersed in a noisy continuous feedback of electric guitars, it can become an example of what many identify as an annoying sound. Also in this case its text contains passages that have been decontextualized in other songs on the album.
The last song of side A
A decidedly self-referential song. It corresponds to the closing of the first side of the album and contains melodic and textual elements that serve to launch the next …
The words I say
The perception of the world is a strange image, especially when the lack of communication and the polarization of one’s beliefs seem to be the result and not the cause of the noises that distinguish its existence. And so the words spoken remain trapped in one’s head without anyone really being able to understand them.
Nobody trusts art
Nobody seems to trust art anymore, no matter which of its infinite expressions, and we tend to prefer the sense of chaos, where every thought remains indistinct and therefore no longer dangerous. But it could be that this chaos creates the conditions for a sort of rebirth, even at the risk of having to accept the power of art to stop.
What use
Cover of Tuxedomoon. A song that has remained well impressed on me over time for its originality and that has gradually generated strange sensations also thanks to a text with a very cryptic flavor that, precisely for this reason, has revealed itself to be an immense source of inspiration for the album Misophonia.
Start again
The games are over and by contrast it is time to start again, perhaps to find something new, trying not to look back and ready to fight a new challenge, even in the knowledge that one day everything will end, even in Heaven.