8.7
/Progressive rock, Art rock, Glam pop, Alternative pop/rock, Pomp pop, Crossover/
Comment: Carmelo Amenta is a quintet from Italy taking on an idiosyncratic, spectacular patchwork of sensitive art rock, high-flying glam pop, progressive rock-tinged gliding, and some unexpected jazz and tango standards in-between. It may seem a little bit weird but it is soothing and propulsive simultaneously, at times it is longing, at times highly cheerful. This 10-piece track is released on an Italian cult label, Barbie Noja (this is a home for Barbagallo, Les Dix-Huit Secondes, The Last Merendina and many other quaint projects mostly coming out of Sicily). By the way, all the songs are sung in Italian.
