{"id":49511,"date":"2023-09-28T04:23:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T04:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woocommerce-895352-3868679.cloudwaysapps.com\/product\/the-sick-rose-someplace-better-3"},"modified":"2023-09-28T04:23:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T04:23:45","slug":"the-sick-rose-someplace-better-3","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.areapirata.com\/en\/prodotto\/the-sick-rose-someplace-better-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sick Rose Someplace Better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(To celebrate its 35th birthday, The Sick Rose releases a new studio album! SOMEPLACE BETTER is the<br \/>\ngroup&#8217;s seventh LP, and this time the record was produced by American singer, songwriter, producer Ken Stringfellow (R.E.M., Posies, Big Star, Markey Ramone Band).<br \/>\n<br \/>\nFor the first time, the band has recorded only originals. The eleven songs are the sum of all The Sick Rose&#8217;s musical influences &#8211; from the Garage Rock of the early days, to the R&#8217;n&#8217;R of the 2nd album Shaking Street, on to the Power Pop characterising the group&#8217;s later records. The new album is partly inspired by the sound of bands from the early 1980s, such as Records, 20\/20 and Shoes.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSOMEPLACE BETTER comes out of a constant search for new ways of expression, while ignoring transient fashions and knowing always how to be in the right place at the wrong time!)<strong>The Sick Rose<\/strong><br \/> <br \/>\n  <em><strong>Someplace Better 2018 &#8211; biography<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>  Leading Garage Band in the 80&#8217;s with the groundbreaking <strong>Faces<\/strong> album, The Sick<br \/>\n  Rose evolved through the decades into adulthood as a true r&#8217;n&#8217;r band, beyond all<br \/>\n  typical stereotypes, with critically acclaimed works like <strong>Blastin&#8217; Out<\/strong> in 2006 and <strong>No<br \/>\n  Need For Speed <\/strong>in 2011. <strong>Someplace Better<\/strong>, the band&#8217;s 7th album released in 2018,<br \/>\n  represents the sum total of all their influences and experiences: from the raw<br \/>\n  <strong>garage rock<\/strong> of the early days to the more polished <strong>powerpop <\/strong>of today.<\/p>\n<p>  In addition to an incessant live activity all over Europe, sharing the stage with<br \/>\n  international acts like The Lyres, The Stems, The Fuzztones, The Chesterfield Kings,<br \/>\n  The Nomads to name a few, the band&#8217;s career has been highlighted by several<br \/>\n  renowned collaborations in the recording studio. In 2004 Australian<br \/>\n  singer\/songwriter<strong> Dom Mariani<\/strong> (The Stems \/ DM3) helps the band in their decisive<br \/>\n  turning point towards a <strong>more sophisticated pop sound<\/strong>, producing the albums<br \/>\n  Blastin&#8217;Out and in 2009 No Need For Speed. In 2017 the Sick Rose meets with<br \/>\n  American songwriter\/producer <strong>Ken Stringfellow<\/strong> (The Posies, Big Star, R.E.M.), the<br \/>\nproficuous encounter gives life to Someplace Better.<\/p>\n<p>  &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>\n  To celebrate its 35th birthday, The Sick Rose releases then a new studio album! <br \/>\nSOMEPLACE BETTER is the group&#8217;s seventh LP, and this time the record was produced by American singer, songwriter, producer Ken Stringfellow (R.E.M., Posies, Big Star, Markey Ramone Band).<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, the band has recorded only originals. The eleven songs are the sum of all The Sick Rose&#8217;s musical influences &#8211; from the Garage Rock of the early days, to the R&#8217;n&#8217;R of the 2nd album Shaking Street, on to the Power Pop characterising the group&#8217;s later records. The new album is partly inspired by the sound of bands from the early 1980s, such as Records, 20\/20 and Shoes.<\/p>\n<p>SOMEPLACE BETTER comes out of a constant search for new ways of expression, while ignoring transient fashions and knowing always how to be in the right place at the wrong time.<br \/><b>REVIEWS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Richard Rossi &#8211; PowerPopNews.com 20\/03\/2018<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p>When I got a hold of the new album from <strong>The Sick Rose<\/strong>, I tried to remember where I&#8217;d heard them before. I have to confess as to not being that familiar with the band despite the fact that they have quite a good body of work out there. The bands they count as major influences include some of my favorites. <strong>The Records<\/strong>, <strong>20\/20 <\/strong>and <strong>Shoes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Someplace Better<\/strong><\/em> is nothing short of a jangle-fest. The melodies are memorable, the hooks plentiful and the harmonies spot on. For guitar pop aficionados, this is a good as it gets.<\/p>\n<p>The opening guitar lick and gorgeous harmonies of &quot;Anyway&quot; will fool you into thinking that this was a hit from another time. &quot;Frustrated&quot; moves like a bullet train propelled by more killer guitar. &quot;Sweet as a Punch&quot; reminds me of <strong>DM3 <\/strong>and is probably my favorite track on Someplace Better. The keyboard flourishes take what&#8217;s already a super-catchy song and take it to another level all together. Garage rock fans will go crazy for &quot;Nobody&quot;. If you told me <strong>The Fleshtones&#8217; Keith Streng <\/strong>or <strong>Peter Zaremba<\/strong> wrote this one, I&#8217;d probably believe you. But &quot;Nobody&quot; is just another original, outstanding track on an album that&#8217;s an absolute blast.<\/p>\n<p>Although comparisons to 20\/20 are obvious after a listen or two, I kept thinking of DM3 when I listened to them. This is particularly true with the opening track, &quot;How to Be Your Friend&quot; and the aforementioned &quot;Sweet as a Punch&quot;. The more I listened, the more I thought of <strong>Dom Mariani<\/strong>. Then, I was reminded by <strong>Georgio Cappellaro<\/strong>, the band&#8217;s guitarist, that The Sick Rose toured with Mariani several times. He told me that Dom had produced two previous Sick Rose albums as well. It all made sense.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ken Stringfellow<\/strong> of <strong>The Posies<\/strong> was the producer this time &#8217;round.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Dennis Pilon &#8211; PopRockRecord.com UK 30\/03\/2018<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Sick Rose<\/strong> are solid rock and roll outfit from Torino, Italy clocking thirty-five years together with the release of their seventh LP, <em>Someplace Better<\/em>. The evolution of this band is testament to the ability of great musicians to keep changing, taking their sound in new directions without repudiating what went before. Their early records are pure 1960s melodic garage rock, replete with killer organ fills and crunchy lead guitar lines. But a few records later the sound has shifted into more clean 1970s rock sound. Then on their more recent releases the turn has been to a more power pop sound. Check out their masterful remake of The Liverpool Echo&#8217;s &quot;Girl on a Train&quot; from the band&#8217;s 2014 EP <em>Live in the Studio<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The new record completes the shift to a more poprock sound under the expert production of The Posies&#8217; Ken Stringfellow. &quot;How to be Your Friend&quot; kicks things off with an edgy guitar teaser before settling into more melodic vein with some nice vocal arrangements. The killer riff that opens &quot;Frustrated&quot; harkens back to their mid-period rock sound but the chorus is pure poprock. &quot;Milk and Honey&quot; is the pick for single for me, with a very smooth AM radio-friendly set of hooks. The band digs out the organ for the swinging &quot;Sweet as Punch&quot; and caps off the record with the title track &quot;Someplace Better,&quot; a jaunty instrumental. The Sick Rose were always great but, given my tastes, I think they&#8217;re getting better with age.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Bertrand Tappaz &#8211; Chronique 2018 &#8211; 15\/04\/2018 &#8211; VOIX DE GARAGE GRENOBLE<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Depuis que le quintet italien a pris son virage Power Pop je me dis qu&#8217;un jour ou l&#8217;autre ils vont se faire produire par Ken Stringfellow. C&#8217;est fait. Une rencontre comme une &eacute;vidence ! Et un r&eacute;sultat comme un fantasme de fan ! Apr&egrave;s Dom Mariani pr&eacute;c&eacute;demment c&#8217;est donc un autre chanteur guitariste compositeur qui se penche sur le cas Sick Rose. Les Usa apr&egrave;s l&#8217;Australie&#8230; Mais en fait peu importe la provenance du producteur derri&egrave;re la console &ccedil;a ne change pas fondamentalement le style des Sick Rose. Ils pratiquent toujours une Power Pop onctueuse, mid tempo, tr&egrave;s m&eacute;lodieuse, pos&eacute;e, styl&eacute;e, &eacute;l&eacute;gante, et, tr&egrave;s personnelle.<br \/>\nLa voix est caract&eacute;ristique, reconnaissable entre mille, et d&eacute;finit &eacute;norm&eacute;ment la musique du groupe. Un vrai chanteur c&#8217;est tellement bien ! Et sur cet album quelle mise en valeur !<br \/>\nJoliment &eacute;quilibr&eacute; ce nouvel disque balance entre instant hit qui rendent les premi&egrave;res &eacute;coutes imm&eacute;diatement excitantes, en chansons plus &lsquo;introspectives&#8217; qui font qu&#8217;on d&eacute;couvre de nouvelles choses &agrave; chaque passage sur la platine ! &ccedil;a fait plus de 2 mois que j&#8217;ai cet album sous forme de fichiers, mais putain que c&#8217;est bon d&#8217;avoir enfin l&#8217;objet dans les mains (il est aussi &eacute;l&eacute;gant que la musique qu&#8217;il contient) parce qu&#8217;ainsi on entend parfaitement la brillance et la pr&eacute;cision des chansons !!!<br \/>\nChaque disque &agrave; sa personnalit&eacute;, sa couleur, sa tessiture&#8230; mais fondamentalement &ccedil;a ne ressemble qu&#8217;a du Sick Rose. Et comme ils sont un des meilleurs groupes du genre encore en activit&eacute;, et bien voici une fois de plus un album qui ne doit pas &eacute;chapper aux addicts du genre Power Pop. Mais plus largement ! Sur ce Someplace better ils se replongent aussi d&eacute;licatement dans leurs premiers amours Garage Revival avec la pr&eacute;sence occasionnelle d&#8217;un orgue ou une m&eacute;lodie de guitare presque Surf&#8230;<br \/>\nVous aimez les chansons, les m&eacute;lodies, le Rock, la Pop, les chanteurs qui savent &ecirc;tre au bon endroit dans le titre, alors vous allez &ecirc;tre r&eacute;gal&eacute; par les 11 morceaux de ce Someplace Better !!!<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Germ&aacute;n Ram&iacute;rez &#8211; MENTES DE &Aacute;CIDO 31\/03\/2018<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Es un gran honor hacer esta rese&ntilde;a. <em><strong>The Sick Rose<\/strong><\/em> es un grupo hist&oacute;rico dentro de la escena del garage revival italiano. Y vuelven en este 2018, con un nuevo disco que aunque no nos trae aquellos sonidos garage de anta&ntilde;o, si que es una vuelta totalmente digna. <strong>&Aacute;rea Pirata<\/strong> centra hoy en d&iacute;a todo el apartado de rock y pop de &iacute;ndole sesentero en el pa&iacute;s italiano. Y la verdad es que esta edici&oacute;n de<em><strong> The Sick Rose<\/strong><\/em> es un gran paso hacia adelante. &iexcl;&iexcl;Bien por ellos!! <\/p>\n<p>  Como ya hemos dicho, hablar de <em><strong>The Sick Rose<\/strong><\/em> es hablar de parte de la historia musical de Italia en los a&ntilde;os ochenta y noventa. El garage revival tuvo varios protagonistas importantes en Europa, aunque su n&uacute;cleo musical se concentrara en Estados Unidos. <em><strong>The Nomads<\/strong><\/em> como una de las cabezas principales de la movida, <em><strong>The Thanes<\/strong><\/em> o los comienzos de<em><strong> Sex Museum<\/strong><\/em> en Espa&ntilde;a, fueron algunos de esos ejemplos que hoy forman parte de toda esta historia. <em><strong>The Sick Rose<\/strong><\/em> ocuparon desde el principio un sitio privilegiado en todo esto. La edici&oacute;n de <em><strong>Faces <\/strong><\/em>en 1986, fue un punto de partida totalmente id&oacute;neo para ello. Entraron de lleno como uno de los grupos m&aacute;s destacados del panorama garage europeo. Interminables giras por toda Europa, fueron llegando una detr&aacute;s de otra. Aunque la formaci&oacute;n no fue demasiado estable y tuvieron interminables cambios de miembros, aunque siempre con <strong>Luca Re <\/strong>y <strong>Diego Mese<\/strong> como cabezas pensantes y l&iacute;deres espirituales. En el a&ntilde;o 1990 se edita el disco <em><strong>Floating<\/strong><\/em>, donde se produce un cambio de sonido hacia otras vertientes m&aacute;s roqueras. Esto fue generalizado a pr&aacute;cticamente todas las formaciones del g&eacute;nero. <em><strong>The Miracle Workers<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>The Cynics<\/strong><\/em> o <strong>Sex Museum<\/strong> dieron este paso que parec&iacute;a irremediable. <strong>The Sick Rose <\/strong>no pod&iacute;an ser menos, con un disco fant&aacute;stico pero poco comprendido por la mayor&iacute;a de los aficionados. Ya que mezclaban el hard rock setentero con la psicodelia tradicionalista y el sonido garage. Esta incomprensi&oacute;n llev&oacute; a un par&oacute;n de varios a&ntilde;os, tras la edici&oacute;n de otro disco titulado <em><strong>Renaissance<\/strong><\/em>. Esto llev&oacute; a <strong>Luca Re<\/strong> a la formaci&oacute;n de una nueva banda. Se llam&oacute; <em><strong>The 99th Floor<\/strong><\/em>, y editaron en los a&ntilde;os noventa un par de fant&aacute;sticos discos, hoy en d&iacute;a muy desconocidos. Uno de ellos form&oacute; parte de la serie titulada <strong>Teen Trash<\/strong>, editada por <strong>Music Maniac R&eacute;cords<\/strong>. En 1996, desaparece esta formaci&oacute;n liderada por Re. Este no estuvo implicado en ning&uacute;n proyecto musical, hasta que en el a&ntilde;o 2005 decide resucitar a <em><strong>The Sick Rose<\/strong><\/em>. Volvieron con un fant&aacute;stico disco titulado <em><strong>Blastin&#8217; Out<\/strong><\/em>. Este fue editado en 2005, por la discogr&aacute;fica madrile&ntilde;a <strong>Rock Indiana<\/strong> y producido por el hist&oacute;rico <strong>Dom Mariani<\/strong>. En 2011 son fichados por <strong>&Aacute;rea Pirata<\/strong>, y vuelven con otro disco titulado <strong><em>No Need For Speed<\/em><\/strong>. Se reedita <em><strong>Blastin&#8217; Out<\/strong><\/em> con una serie de temas extras y en el a&ntilde;o 2017 empiezan la grabaci&oacute;n de un nuevo disco. Producido este por <strong>Ken Stringfellow<\/strong>, quien ya hubiera tocado con <em><strong>REM<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>White Flag <\/strong><\/em>o <em><strong>The Posies<\/strong><\/em>, entre otros.<\/p>\n<p>  La formaci&oacute;n actual de <em><strong>The Sick Rose<\/strong><\/em> esta formada por <strong>Luca Re <\/strong>a las voces, <strong>Diego Mese<\/strong> y <strong>Giorgio Capellaro<\/strong> a las guitarras, <strong>Alberto Fratucelli <\/strong>a la bater&iacute;a y <strong>Valter Bruno<\/strong> al bajo. El estilo musical de esta formaci&oacute;n, ha ido acomod&aacute;ndose a una m&uacute;sica mucho m&aacute;s asimilable que anta&ntilde;o. El sonido garage cada vez es m&aacute;s inexistente y ya viran hacia un power pop con ciertas dosis de rock de bajo octanage. Ojo, sigue siendo una m&uacute;sica muy digna e interesante. Pero la influencia de formaciones power pop de principios de los a&ntilde;os ochenta, ha cambiado la m&uacute;sica de <em><strong>The Sick Rose<\/strong><\/em>. Esto es algo que se lleva notando desde <em><strong>Blastin&#8217; Out<\/strong><\/em>. Comienza el disco con la fant&aacute;stica &quot;<em><strong>How To Be Your Friend<\/strong><\/em>&quot;. Melod&iacute;as deliciosas y ritmos sencillos. &quot;<em><strong>Anyway<\/strong><\/em>&quot; es pop rock de la vieja escuela, con estribillo pegadizo y coros que llegan muy adentro. <em><strong>Big Star<\/strong><\/em> se respira en el ambiente, cuando suena la grandiosa &quot;<em><strong>Fortune And Fame<\/strong><\/em>&quot;. Pero el punto &aacute;lgido es &quot;<em><strong>Blame It On Me<\/strong><\/em>&quot;, cojonuda composici&oacute;n de ritmo emocionante. En &quot;<em><strong>Frustated<\/strong><\/em>&quot; viran al esp&iacute;ritu de anta&ntilde;o. Muy buen tema de pop rock sesentero. Vuelven a <em><strong>Big Star<\/strong><\/em> con &quot;<em><strong>Milk And Honey<\/strong><\/em>&quot;, pero con cierto regusto a The Long Ryders. Estilo mantenido en la fant&aacute;stica &quot;<em><strong>Sweet As A Punch<\/strong><\/em>&quot;. Deliciosa es la popera &quot;<em><strong>Childhood Dreams<\/strong><\/em>&quot;, con la colaboraci&oacute;n en los coros de <strong>Alessandra Ardissone<\/strong>. &quot;<em><strong>Stand Tall<\/strong><\/em>&quot; es un medio tiempo de sonido puramente ochentero. &quot;<em><strong>Nobody<\/strong><\/em>&quot; es el &uacute;nico acercamiento claro al garage rock en este disco. Merece la espera llegar al final para escuchar este temazo. Termina el disco con una composici&oacute;n instrumental, que da nombre al disco: &quot;<em><strong>Someplace Better<\/strong><\/em>&quot;. Estamos ante una obra musicalmente sencilla, pero que siempre es un placer darle un hueco en nuestro escaso tiempo. Muy recomendado si disfrutas con el power pop como si no hubiera un ma&ntilde;ana. 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