Votto – ‘Quindi Noi Sbagliando Facemmo Giusto’

Quindi Noi Sbagliando Facemmo Giusto is a brand new album by the Italian band Votto – a dense and aggressive screamo with melodic openings. A political record in its most ethical sense; a narrative that plays with concepts such as loss and waiting. It is all about unaccepted griefs and faith in the cyclical revolutions of life.

According to Votto, loss is never definitive and time is always in motion. That’s the spirit of the historical moment we live in, which prompts us to hold off on social relationships and projects until a fuzzy future comes into focus. But beyond actual events, it is the question of age that comes into play: the future is no longer an intangible promise. Growing up forces everyone to come to terms with themselves, to being productive, living and surviving with as little remorse as possible.

The album starts up with the words of Nello Vegezzi (1929-1993), multifaceted artist (poet, painter and sculptor) and political activist militant in the PCd’I (Communist Party of Italy). With an incorruptible and revolutionary personality, he was among the least known outsiders of the ‘60s/‘70s. In his words, which also give name to the record, we find a reasoned, almost intellectual, restlessness, which is only apparently tame. Their birthplace connects all these images and characters. This way Piacenza, the common origin of Votto and Nello, is depicted with a frontier imaginary. It’s a city overlooking a river that acts as a border between two regions; it’s not a destination but a place of passage with jagged edges and non-canonical influences.

Stream the album and grab your tape here.