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La Maison
Vaine House is the new album of La Maison, quintet from Livorno in Tuscany, band
already known as Brondi Bros. First steps of
La Maison were taken in 2009 on the streets
of London, sidewalks who see them included
and involved in a sort of busking, made of
light and dark music, compressed energy, life
experiences that take unexpected paths and
unpredictable. Vaine House starts with Devil:
first bland and then much more bold rhythm,
with sounds of the accordion and woodwinds. The face of album is tanned by Mediterranean and sometimes Balkans atmosphere. The concept is even more explicit with
Zingaraje, blending sounds and languages
in a sarabande angry and aggressive. Frankie
sounds very curious, the song is subject to
changes of pace but always danceable. Surprisingly sweet is Rebs, which leads to light not
only the sensitive part of La Maison, but also
a certain proximity to the British songwriting
mold. We continue on moderate tones with
Richmond, but the tune has characteristics
of increased anxiety. Sarajevo instead
runs with a certain amount of pent-up
anger, but always expressed amid a circus of different sensations. Sound returns to
sweetness with Like a Snake, almost a nursery rhyme acoustics, where again all quality
songwriting of the band emerge in full. Almost redundant is the sound of Parada, also
topped by a soprano voice and a full fanfare.
Valentine Road provides some trace of melancholy, while Lazy Forest closes the album
with violins, drops of water and a certain sadness, but in the second part of the song all
comes to life and starts the party. Original
and imaginative, La Maison lead to crack a
massive arsenal of lights, sounds and colors
with a remarkable lightness. It’s not hard to
get lost among the paths drawn from the songs of this album, able to hide behind different
masks without losing its essence.
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