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Their name is Mezzo Preti, that in Italian
sounds like “half priests”, but in reality it is
referred to a neighborhood in the birth town
of Annalisa, Montesilvano, in Abruzzo. A
more or less acoustic folk duo, but with traces
of originality, Mezzo Preti are in fact Annaluisa Giansante and Francesco Adessi. The duo
has published an ep composed of four tracks
that makes use of acoustic and electronic means, and that paints portraits often quite vivid
and powerful. The album starts from the title
track, Mezzo Preti, danced like an half-andhalf frontier tale, bringing to the listener assault characteristics but also some good fun.
Less fun and more determined Wow, that
reveals some idea of blues in the base of the
song, keeping the amount of movement and
momentum from the previous track. Not
that the ideas change with Canzone d’amore per una puttana (Love song for a whore):
here it changes the sounds, the theme of the
story, the pace. But there is always some urgency in the four tracks ep, as if the songs
had been about to emerge from a long time
and could not wait any longer. The work closes with Forma e sostanza, a reintepretation
of CSI song (taken from the lp “Tabula rasa
electrified”), made with the vibrant presence
of counterpoint and with the clarity of folk.
Excellent proof from Mezzo Preti: duo demonstrates to be able to raise more than one
eyebrow with this ep. Originality, substance
and quality of writing are all there in line, surely ready for a not too far lp.
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