Hailing from Morbegno, Italy, Seneca Effect carves a compelling space in contemporary post-punk and alternative rock. Featuring Matteo Oreggioni’s vigorous vocals, Loris Mattarucchi’s charged guitars, Simone Della Vedova’s bold basslines, and Claudio Franzini’s thunderous percussion, the band channels an evocative 90s ethos infused with fresh melodic momentum.
Their latest album, Disertare, converts existential dread into accessible art. With poetic precision and performed entirely in Italian, the band distills global anxiety into deeply personal songs, urging listeners to step beyond comfort zones, embrace ecological awareness, and find resilience through renewal and retreat. Through spirited rhythms and fervent melodies, Disertare transforms anxiety into empowerment, and reclaiming agency in a society spiraling into ecological upheaval. Seneca Effect’s thoughtful approach bridges the gap between the urgency of their message and the infectious vitality of their sound.
Seneca Effect’s album surges forth with urgent, existential contemplation, fusing raw emotion and ecological urgency across its tracks. Disertare tears open the record with a rally to slip the city’s chokehold and trade its concrete clatter for solitary renewal. Seneca Effect calls for deliberate disorientation: abandoning predictable grids, wandering toward woods and rivers…and proposes selective forgetfulness as armour against an anxious tomorrow. Half-spoken vocals skate over ringing arpeggios, rumbling low end, and rolling toms, echoing The Veldt’s swirling finesse and early Cocteau Twins churn, haze bursts that ripple through the track’s surging finale.
Per non perderci del tutto (So As Not To Lose Us Completely) dives headlong into the need for authentic connection, casting aside emotional inertia for liberation through expressive intimacy and defiant dances amid existential dread. Dinosaur Jr.-infused fuzz guitars and languid vocals imbue the track with nostalgic depth.
In Luna in piena (Full Moon), gothic guitars ghost through stark sensations of emptiness and disillusionment, capturing life’s fleeting beauty amidst relentless internal battles. The spectral glow of a full moon symbolizes fragile intimacy and hope, conveyed through vocals heavy with prophetic resonance.
Verso la fine (Towards The End) poignantly explores emotional bonds amid global decline, embracing unity and mutual intoxication as refuge from looming oblivion. Warm mid-90s college rock textures, reminiscent of early R.E.M., underscore brief, beautiful moments of understanding amid chaos.
Eterna estate (Eternal Summer) confronts the ephemeral nature of youth, vividly depicting nostalgia against the backdrop of inevitable decline. Metal-edged guitars surge through fierce vocals, echoing Killing Joke’s raw intensity and The Chameleons’ layered resonance.
The existential urgency intensifies with Frana interiore (Inner Landslide), examining societal breakdown and collective culpability through jangling guitars and Chameleons-inspired textures. The track champions silence and peace beyond spoken words amid impending chaos.
Tra le ceneri di questo pianeta (Amongst The Ashes of This Planet) employs dark humour and quiet resignation in addressing climate catastrophe. Funk-inflected basslines and icy guitars intertwine with jazz-like rhythms, crafting surreal sonic portraits of glacial decay and collective extinction.
Andare verso Nord (Going North) captures climate-driven turmoil vividly, examining scarcity, migration, and humanity’s resilience amid existential threats. The song promotes acceptance and detachment from excess amid unavoidable loss. Tutto quel che arde
(Everything That Burns) grapples with moral ambiguity and looming devastation, searching for compassion and endurance in intimacy amid escalating external chaos.
Closing track Obbedire alla notte (Obey The Night) powerfully depicts ecological collapse through vivid imagery of drought, famine, and displacement, embodying profound resignation and acceptance amid irreversible global devastation.
Listen to Disertare below and order the album here.
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