Review: Coma_cose - "Vita Fusa" (track for trace)

“Vita Fusa” is simply the life of California and Fausto. A box of memories that the two open and share.

An intimate journey in their history of life and love that begins with the marriage in When I met you and ends with a promise and hope in Goodbye

“Vita Fusa” is an album that highlights a significant anniversary: ten years of career, ten years in which the coma_cose have made a journey that saw them transform from young people committed into a shop to protagonists of Sold out concerts, passing through musical and human experiences that have marked them deeply.

Music, for them, is not only an expression, but also an act of collective memory, a bridge that combines past and future, to remember, reflect and project further.

The words have always been the focal point of the Coma_Cose project, and it is precisely in the texts that the purest essence of this album is hidden. The songs are not simply melodies, but real poetic fragments that mix between quotes and reference, irony and reflection.

Each song becomes a small work that deesses the traditional form of the song, redefining the concept of song as an act of writing and liberation.

In “Vita Fusa”, in fact, the two artists do not just tell their story but also offer themselves as a mirror for the listener, trying to return an image of contemporaneity, with all its contradictions, hopes and uncertainties.

From a musical point of view, “Vita Fusa” is a job full of nuances and full of experimentation. A perfect combination of hit and indie that moves between vintage and innovative sounds to create an alchemy, a combination of the refined psychedelia of the 1960s and the most contemporary electronics.

But it does not end here: the coma_cose put the sax eighties, the echoes of the 90s, crossing genres such as the hyperpop and college rock, without forgetting the debt they feel towards the musical tradition of the Beatles, which become almost a protective symbol of the sound system of the album. The result is a record that does not let itself be confined to a single style, but that is capable of going beyond the conventions to give life to a unique and unpredictable job.

But “Vita Fusa” is not just a musical research album: it is also a reflection on the relationship, on love and on shared life. As the authors themselves say, the album is a sort of “couple analysis session”, a journey that investigates the nuances of being together, what it really means to build a life together and how difficulties are not only obstacles, but also moments of growth and emotional depth.

The lightness and depth, the hearts and crying salici merge perfectly, creating a balance that is the very essence of living in pairs: never banal, never obvious.

Track for track

When I met you
(Text by F. Zanardelli, F. Mesiano. Music by I. Dmitrenco, F. Zanardelli, A. Filippelli, G. Manilardi. Produced and mixed by A. Filippelli, G. Manilardi at Isola Studio. Mastered by G. Biancardi)
The album opens with the intimate and personal song, when I met you it is a ballad whose text tells moments of the love story of the duo until it culminated with a “marriage proposal” proposal, an event that has undoubtedly marked private life.

Hearts
(Text by F. Zanardelli, F. Mesiano. Music by by A. Filippelli, G. Manilardi, F. Zanardelli. Produced and mixed by A. Filippelli, G. Manilardi at Warner Music Studio / Isola Studio Masterized by G. Biancardi)
A rhythmic and captivating song with a double reading, which combines the immediacy of the catchphrase with a text that ironically and criticizes the world of modern relationships, increasingly influenced by social media and affected by dependence on social networks.

Two cats in Milan
(Text by F. Zanardelli, F. Mesiano. Music by I. Dmitrenco, F. Zanardelli, A. Filippelli, G. Manilardi. Produced and mixed by A. Filippelli, G. Manilardi at Isola Studio. Mastered by G. Biancardi)
Intimate and refined song, a middle time that blends pop and psychedelic elements, enriched by a touch of sophisticated and reflective melody, whose text uses cats as a metaphor of solitude and sense of abandonment translated into couple life.

Chill song
(Text by F. Zanardelli, F. Mesiano. Music by I. Dmitrenco, L. Di Gemma, F. Zanardelli, A. Filippelli, G. Manilardi. Produced and mixed by A. Filippelli, G. Manilardi at Isola Studio. Mastered by G. Biancardi)
A psychedelic and intense Middle Ballad where the captivating stanzas are resolved on a languid opening in the refrains. Choirs, distorted guitars and a solo of sax in the final transform the song into a small pop symphony.

UNDERWORLD
(Text by F. Zanardelli, F. Mesiano, J. Ettorre, F. Abbate. Music by F. Mercuri, E. Maimone, G. Cremona, L. Grillotti. Produced and mixed by Ithaca Music Group at Ithaca Studio. Masterized by G. Barocco. Merk & Kremont)
A mix that blends mandolins and flamenco echoes with an enthralling and very engaging urban rhythm. The song has a perspective and a narrative style different from the usual, it is not a first -person song, but the prose story of a cross -section of life. In the text of Malavita, very vivid contemporary images are combined with a language that fishing from the 70s songwriter.

Empty seats
(Text by F. Zanardelli, F. Mesiano, J. Ettorre. Music by F. Zanardelli, F. Mesiano, J. Ettorre, M. Zocca. Produced and mixed by Michelangelo at Studio float. Mastered by Michelangelo)
An autumn song, built on a solid bass round and battery that combines an energetic groove with a melancholy and poetic story that describes the meaning of the void left by who we are missing and from the passing time.

Honolulu
(Text by F. Zanardelli, F. Mesiano.Musica by I. Dmitrenco, L. Di Gemma, F. Zanardelli, A. Filippelli, G. Manilardi. Produced and mixed by A. Filippelli, G. Manilardi at Isola Studio. Mastered by G. Biancardi)
An intimate and songwriting song that brings to light the theme of addiction and does it with the trick of a “letter to friend”. The story ends with an citrough and liberating hope of resolution without reaching a morality … a story in the middle of a thousand, which, although at times ironic, manages to move.

Salici
(Text by F. Zanardelli, F. Mesiano. Music by A. Filippelli, G. Manilardi, F. Zanardelli, G. Manenti. Product and mixed by A. Filippelli, G. Manilardi at Isola Studio. Mastered by G. Biancardi)
A ballad that starts from the “personal” to become “generational”, a story that punctures the story of the duo by transporting from the beginning to their last concerts. The use of electronic elements on the basis refreshes the classic structure of the pop ballad.

Goodbye
(Text by F. Zanardelli, F. Mesiano. Music by A. Filippelli, G. Manilardi, A. Di Chiano, F. Zanardelli, G. Manenti. Produced and mixed by A. Filippelli, G. Manilardi at Isola Studio Masterized by G. Biancardi)
A up-time song that in closing gives rhythm and energy. The mood is very 90's rock-pop with scratch playing with distorted guitars. An eclectic song that closes the disc with the unknown of the next productions.

Score: 7.15

How much I met you – 7.50 vote
Cuoricini – 7.25 vote
Two cats in Milan – 7.00 vote
Chill song – 7.25 vote
Malavita – 7.00 vote
Empty seats – 7.25 vote
Honolulu – 7.15 vote
Salici – 7.25 vote
Goodbye – 7.25 vote