| ALBUM PARTY: 100 CLUB LONDON, FEB 8TH DEBUT ALBUM LIVING HUMAN TREASURE OUT JAN 20TH 2022 ON BRACE YOURSELF RECORDS “A record (Living Human Treasure) that celebrates dynamic eclecticism” – Uncut (8/10) “All the best bits of post-punk” – The Guardian “Just as Manet’s palette embraced 13 shades of black, Italia 90’s debut finds ever more inventive ways of expressing disdain at the status quo” – Mojo (4/5) Italia 90 today share new track Harmony – the latest cut from their debut album Living Human Treasure set for release this Friday Jan 20th on Brace Yourself Records. The London based 4-piece have released a number of singles and EPs since their breakthrough and have steadily built a devoted following in England and Europe. Italia 90 have received critical acclaim from publications such as Loud & Quiet, The Quietus & So Young as well as extensive coverage at BBC 6music – with Steve Lamacq in particular offering continued support. Uncut, Mojo and DIY have expressed unanimous praise in their respective album reviews while there has been a groundswell of support in mainland Europe, particularly in France and Italy, where the band enjoy cult status.To celebrate the release of the album, the band will perform their biggest London headline show to date at 100 Club on Feb 8th 2023.Regarding new track Harmony, the band offer the following “Harmony is a song written in three distinct parts. It begins by describing the seemingly endless bad behaviour of a serial wrong’un. We made sure it was repetitive to reflect the patterns of this bad behaviour. The middle section references radical feminist groups that have played a central role in countless revolutionary movements and their commitment to challenging the roots of oppression. We’re joined by Emily ‘The King’ King on saxophone for this part. The song ends with a more straightforward punk outro which we improvised in one take during a writing session. This song is the last track on our album and we liked the idea of ending it with a nod to the kind of music that we made when we first started the band”To record the album, the band decamped to the residential Echo Zoo studio in Eastbourne. With five days booked – far longer than the band had ever recorded for in the past – the whole album was tracked within two days with producer Louis Milburn. For the rest of the allotted time, they explored the nooks and crannies of the building and the bounty of unusual instruments lying around to add mystical textures to the bones of the songs. Italia 90’s songs aim to be timeless. Like the painting on the album’s cover, which shows a crowd of people all facing away from the viewer, the idea of the collective takes precedence over the individual. “I care deeply about the things that I’m singing about,” says singer, Les Miserable, “but I don’t think that it needs to be me that is saying it. I have my point of view, and think that the ideology that I’m forwarding in the songs is correct, and very important, but it’s not important that it’s me saying them. If I did, I would already be contradicting the things that I am saying in the songs.” This philosophy is the sign of a band going against the grain and stopping to really consider their statements, both musically and lyrically, rather than hopping on trends. Across their debut album, Italia 90 step off the relentless, exhausting hamster wheel and create something fantastic with the abundance of ingredients already here, pointing a different way forwards.Pre-order: https://ffm.to/italia90-livinghumantreasureItalia 90 – Living Human Treasure – Jan 20th – Brace Yourself Records |
| 1. Cut 2. Leisure Activities 3. Magdalene 4. Competition 5. New Factory 6. The MUMSNET Mambo 7. Funny Bones 8. Golgotha 9. Does He Dream? 10. Tales From Beyond 11. Harmony |
| Tour Dates 8th Feb – London, 100 Club |
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First attended gig: Republica, circa 1996.
First gig shot: Hands Off Gretel, at The Louisiana!
Dream gig: Huge metalhead and my ultimate dream gig would be shooting my heroes Slipknot at a huge stadium gig, or as festival headliners. And to experience shooting a headline tour outside the UK
