Banco del Mutuo Soccorso launch ‘La Pianura Rossa’; second single taken from ‘Orlando: Le Forme dell’Amore’
Legendary Italian progressive rockers Banco del Mutuo Soccorso celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2022, with the release of possibly their most ambitious concept album since their debut. “Orlando: Le Forme dell’Amore” will be released on the 23rd September 2022, and today they launch the second single ‘La Pianura Rossa’. Watch the lyric video here:
Vittorio Nocenzi comments:
“’La pianura rossa/Red plain’
was actually the very first song composed for this new album some 9 years ago
as we started conceiving and writing ‘Orlando : le forme dell’amore/The shapes
of love’. That is the reason why this song has a very special meaning to us. It
was originally titled “The War” as it describes the battle for water between
Christians and Saracens in a dried out Mediterranean Sea. A parallel with the
story narrated in the Ludovico Ariosto’s poem Orlando Furioso. This second
single comes ahead of the album release on the 23rd September and
after such a long time since the beginning of this journey we are so excited to
have all our fans to listen to this new material.”
Listen to the first
single ‘Cadere O Volare’ here: https://youtu.be/_GL4z0B_wT8
Vittorio Nocenzi has been
working on this new album’s musical concept for years together with his son
Michelangelo and lyricist Paolo Logli. Narrating a real XVI century poem
through different songs and describing the facts and the ideals was a mountain
to climb.
The result of the immense work in the studio is fully represented in an epic album that will set new parameters for progressive rock fans. Undoubtedly Banco has always been strongly related to their roots, but “Orlando: Le Forme dell’Amore” is a definitive proof of how traditional prog rock can evolve in a modern new blend of sound and spirit.
The choice of singing the
tracks on this album only in Italian (as before on “Transiberiana”) confirms
the band’s will to stay loyal to what they’ve been doing from the very
beginning. In order to help the fans understand and follow the lyrics better on
a track by track basis, English translations of the lyrics will be included in
the artwork, along with the original Italian lyrics. In addition to that
the band will post a detailed explanation of the whole concept and the album’s
narration on their website. The album will be available as a Limited CD
Digipak, Gatefold 180g 2LP+CD & Digital Album. Pre-order now here: https://bancodelmutuosoccorso.lnk.to/Orlando-LeFormeDellAmore
As mentioned, the
band celebrate their 50th anniversary, with the bands first two albums
originally released in 1972. The band is already celebrating this occasion with
an intensive live tour. Look out for more information in the coming months.
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