Saturday 21 December 2013

Tones Of Home review on Musiczoom.it


Very nice Italian review by Max Sannella on Musiczoom.it:



Poco più di una mezz’oretta in compagnia del cantautore-musicista romano Ruggero Bianchin qui alle prese col suo disco Tones of Home, praticamente come fare un viaggio in groppa a un sogno che attraversa gli sterminati campi del pop dal vestito British e gli sterrati indie-folk dell’ America di provincia tanto cari a Blind Melon e succedanei in Saturday morning, Xmas sunshine, Love, Sunday. Un disco che allieta l’ascolto per le sue molteplici chiavi di lettura e per le altrettante soluzioni che fanno gamma e luce lungo questi frangenti in bianco e nero.
Undici tracce che sull’eccezionale abilità di Bianchin di scrivere brani e suggestioni soniche di classe, portano l’orecchio ad imbracciare un’atmosfera composita, sfaccettata, adatta per vari stati mentali o – se vogliamo – per più di un colore da rispecchiare come basamento del momento specifico in cui il brano passa sullo stereo, una tracklist imprevedibile e carica di umoralità, pop, strali istantanei di rock, evanescenze. indie-pensiero e zeffiri di folkly, tra poesia e fragili bellezze, in poche parole un lavoro che va ad esaltare un giovane artista che si sta scoprendo piano piano e del quale ci si innamorerà quanto prima.
La confidenzialità di certi Blur Novanta, in Home, Is it love e la titletrack, segna comunque il perfetto equilibrio che questo disco si assegna come “balance” d’intesa, un senso sofisticato in cortocircuito con l’esigenza di spiccare il volo che fa onore al nostro artista e – a noi che ci abbiamo messo il tempo d’assaggio – una ragionevole ed interessante proposta arrivata inaspettata che ci ha cullato e solleticato al punto giusto tanto da declamarla come uno dei pochi diamantini levigati che l’underground a tirato fuori in questo ultimi scampoli del 2013.
Se poi si ha il tempo per lasciarsi inumidire dall’uggiosa e malinconica spazzolata jazzly di By the sea” goodbye gravità!

Wednesday 27 November 2013

Bandcamp

Thursday 21 November 2013

Tones Of Home - 01 Step Out



Step Out

Should I step out in the sun?
I’ve been staying in for three days now
The walls are closing in, I must get out
And get back to you
And get closer

Closer to those summer days in Rome
I could see it coming straight from heaven
It was real love, not another church
But it never could
Take me worlds apart from everything in this room

Where I lie
Trying to make up my mind


And it feels like I’ll never get out
(Wake up now! Time to step outside)
(Safe here, nobody can get in, no one, I am)
And it feels like I’ll never get out
(Wake up now! Time to step outside)
(Safe here, nobody can get in, no one, I'm)

Locked up in this fading old town

Sunlight flashes on your car
As the engine slows down by the river
There’s nobody around and you dive in
It took so long
To get closer

Breaking in
Through the cracks
On the window frames
The light burns
Through the blinds, and you drift slowly

And it feels like I’ll never get out
(Wake up now! Time to step outside)
(Safe here, nobody can get in, no one, I am)
And it feels like I’ll never get out
(Wake up now! Time to step outside)
(Safe here, nobody can get in, no one, I'm)

Locked up in this fading old town

And you run off
But it follows you
All the time


RB: Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Drums, Eko Organ, Piano, Keyboards, Orchestra Samples
Grazia Lucchese: Backing Vocals
Roberta Verde: Backing Vocals


Written, recorded, mixed and not mastered at home and in assorted garages by Ruggero Bianchin – Nov. 2013

Tones Of Home - 02 Home



Home

It’s not the first time
That I’ve been away
But it feels so sad and lonely
Standing in this place

Such a fine actor
And yet I forgot
That none of these lines would ever
Take me to somewhere that I’d call home

Whatever happened
To words that I read
It looks like I’ve always known
Exactly where to stand

I’ll be as quiet
As afternoon rain
Dead-eyed and waiting for your car to skid away

I know you couldn’t see it but
It was never right for me to stay.


RB: Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Drums, Percussions


Written, recorded, mixed and not mastered at home and in assorted garages by Ruggero Bianchin – Nov. 2013

Tones Of Home - 03 Saturday Morning



Saturday Morning

Saturday never looked brighter
So many great things to do
So many great things to do

The scent of daisies and roses
Wakes me up from my sleep
And I turn on the radio
And that man is there
And he goes on and on
He says, “Praise the Lord”

Please,
Save us from what we do
Save us from fearing truth
From what we’d never choose
From this morning blues

All in the name of your answers

Saturday never looked brighter
So many great things to do
So many, what will I do?

Sinners!
Yes, I’m talking to you!
For the sake of the preaching of the gospel,
Speak the truth of love! And repent, for you know you have done nothing but sin!
I can see the devil in your behaviour. Yes, you are of your father, the devil.
So pray, repent, and be ready, be ready for the day of the wrath of the Lord Jesus, amen!

All in the name of your answers


RB: Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Drums, Percussions, Keyboards, Orchestra Samples
Domenico Scola: The Truth Of Love
Luca Podeschi: Middle Drums


Written, recorded, mixed and not mastered at home and in assorted garages by Ruggero Bianchin – Nov. 2013

Tones Of Home - 04 Xmas Sunshine



Xmas Sunshine

I’m writing these words
Hoping you’ll find them
I just can’t explain it
I’ve fallen in love
If we’re made of dreams
Then what’s going to happen now,
Will you wake up
Or will you sleep all day?

Out in the Christmas sunshine
Shaking with you
It’s never too late
And you know it, too

Out in the Christmas sunshine
Talking with you
Everything you want
I want it, too

There are so many things
I wish I could tell you
But the rhymes are all wrong
And I’m out of tune
If I could say those words
Then I’m sure things would turn out alright

Out in the Christmas sunshine
Shaking with you
It’s never too late
And you know it too

Out in the Christmas sunshine
Talking with you
Everything you want
I want it too

Out in the concrete jungle
Walking with you
This is my silly love song
The words say
I love you


RB: Vocals, Ukulele, Guitars, Bass, Percussions, Eko Organ, Keyboards
Luca Podeschi: Drums, Percussions


Written, recorded, mixed and not mastered at home and in assorted garages by Ruggero Bianchin – Nov. 2013