The seven musicians of Locanda delle Fate (name borrowed from a brothel) join in Asti in the second half of the '70s and, in some ways, are the classic example of a group right at the wrong time. In fact, when they released their first and only LP dated 1977, Punk and the songwriting had definitely won the hearts young masses.
With some surge of pride too that same Prog was historically close to the end and the sporadic attempts to keep it up turned out to be mostly isolated, or worse, counterproductive.
For its part, including the receptivity of the artistic movement had become antagonistic to the same structural changes and political society: the Counterculture was plunged into crisis in June 1976 and had given way to pragmatic spontaneity del Movimento del '77 .
La stagione dei grandi Festival Pop era finita e la drammaticità degli eventi lasciava ormai pochissimo spazio alle complesse atmosfere del Progressive .
Eppure c'era chi ci provava ancora: dall'America Gianni Leone del Balletto di Bronzo pubblicava il suo primo album solista (" Vero ") sotto lo pseudonimo di Leo Nero , i Gramigna rispolveravano il Canterbury , la Pentola di Papin accennava a qualche riflusso classico nel più totale anonimato e i grandi gruppi storici ( Banco , Pfm e Orme ) stavano prendendo sempre più la via del Pop .
Gli Area e Demetrio Stratos , non a caso, quell'anno rimasero discograficamente silenti e, a questo punto, la " Locanda delle Fate " poteva dirsi realmente l'unico gruppo Prog del 1977, con tutte le complicazioni che ne derivarono.
Capitanata dal terzetto Conta, Gaviglio e Vevey (il primo, tastierista e gli altri due chitarristi) , poi integrata da altri quattro componenti tra the singer Leonardo Sasso, the large band of Asti was hired in early 1977 by the record company Phonogram , thanks to some demo tapes and live without any previous activity. convened studies Polygram of Milan, Milan impact in his first and only album by the metaphorical title of " Perhaps the fireflies do not love most ," published in May, and preceded by a short promotional tour bring them in Rai.
Although the style is very spacious with Progressive Rock Tracks and Canterbury (and thus as we said, out of time) , the production does not skimp on the budget at all: Top-quality gatefold style Roger Dean with pictures of the inside, and a engraving masterful artistic Prestigious signed by the brother of Vangelis , Nico Papathanassiou , also starred at the time of the turning point of Art Chrisma .
Apart from the technical side, since the first of the seven songs in a playlist you'll find that "the fireflies and" is essentially a reflective work. The style is that of Prog English, but surrounded by a calmness that makes any particular 'incipit sovrastrutturale rispetto alla sua realtà storica.
I testi invitano l'ascoltatore a rifugiarsi nell'illusione quale unica alternativa all'asprezza del quotidiano e lo stesso protagonista delle liriche, Estunno (contrazione di Est ate e Au tunno ) , vive in ciascuna canzone tutte le diverse forme di ripiego su se stesso per estraniarsi dalla materialità e auto-ricompensarsi delle fatiche di una vita difficile. Si va dal ricordo dell'infanzia (" Profumo di colla bianca ") all'evocazione dell'amore giovanile in " Looking for a new border ", ultimately, for the desire to supplement the shortcomings of its own past (" Estunno Dream ") before the acquiree awareness of a new spiritual dimension (" Asking wisdom ").
If we are then, a concept not too unhistorical if taken from the point of view of "transition between two eras " but unfortunately, so impractical that a formal response despite encouraging sales (over 5,000 copies sold) is not hoped followed the take-off .
In any event, beyond the historical evaluation " La Locanda delle Fate" is absolutely inscribed among the best teams Prog Italian, so much so that their LP is still remembered as one of the most valuable of the '70s.
Although highly indebted to the Channel prog and vitiated by a certain heaviness in the lyrics, "Maybe fireflies do not love most " is an extraordinary sophistication and there are no words that can compensate for the pleasure of ' listening.
a shame for the timing, but as the poets said: "time waits for no one .
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