When in 1970 the English progressive rock was already considerably mature and had already released some of his masterpieces, Italy still had to fully import and assimilate certain influences. We are therefore in a year of transition between the beat/psychedelic and the progressive genre. Venetian band Il Mucchio’s music perfectly represents this desire, yet not perfectly focused, to go beyond the pop music schemes of the decade that had just ended.
The self-titled and only group’s LP, dominated by keyboards (the first Il Mucchio’s line-up did not feature any guitarists), shows noticeable songwriting skills and a voice that easily recalls similarities with the New Trolls. But personality is not lacking in these eight tracks, and we can only wonder what would become of the band if he actually had the opportunity to evolve further.
Unfortunately, after three more 7-inch and a line-up change, the group disbanded, leaving behind them just a single – beautiful – album, also forgotten for decades and never reissued on vinyl. This papersleeve CD edition, curated by Vinyl Magic, contains as bonus tracks the four songs of the two singles “Un’estate senza caldo” and “Lei se ne andrà”.
Tracklist:
1.Per una libertà
2.Qualcuno ha ucciso
3.Una lacrima amara
4.Il Cammino di chi non verrà
5.Misericordia
6.Un angelo vero
7.Ave Maria
8.Questi siamo noi
Bonus tracks:
9.Un’estate senza caldo
10.Quanto vuoto c’è
11.Lei se ne andrà
12.Il giullare
