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Star Rovers

by Alice Tambourine Lover

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    Alice Tambourine Lover
    "Star Rovers" (2013 - Go Down Records)

    Alice Albertazzi: Vocals, Guitars, Foot Tambourine, Percussions
    Gianfranco Romanelli: Dobro, Resonator Guitar

    Recorded by David Lenci at "Sotto Il Mare Recording Studios" Italy
    Assistant engineer: Luca Tacconi
    Mixed and Mastered by Gregor Marini at Sonorus S.D. / JamesRec
    "Between The Cup And Lips" Mixed by David Lenci
    Ph: Simone Antonelli
    Graphic Design: Davide Clara
    Stellar Guests:
    Matumaini: Ukulele on "Falling Deep Inside" and "Gipsy Mind"
    Miss Patty Miss: vocal on "Rainy Rainy"
    Conny Ochs: vocal on "Gipsy Mind"
    Music and words by Alice Albertazzi and Gianfranco Romanelli
    "The Sweet-Smelling Road" by "ALIX": Alice Albertazzi, Gianfranco Romanelli, Giuseppe de Palma, Andrea Insulla     ... more
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Digging This Song 04:12
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DIGGING THIS SONG THEY’LL NEVER PUT US DOWN A FIRE GOES OUT AND NOTHING LEFT TO FEAR IT’S RAINING OVER HERE EMBRACE INSIDE A GLOVE WHERE THE HEAT GOES BETWEEN THE BLACK AND WHITE SHINING IN THE SKY DON’T BE AFRAID WE’LL NEVER BE SLAVES THEY WILL NEVER PUT US DOWN THERE’S FEAR OVERGROUND AND FEAR IS NO MORE IN OURHEAD AND FESR IS NO MORE IN OURHEAD AND NOW WE WANNA FEEL GOOD EMBRACED INSIDE A GLOVE DIGGING THIS SONG RUN RUN BABY RUN LIKE YOU NEVER DONE BEFORE
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Dreams Slip Away 03:35
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DREAMS SLIP AWAY TINY LITTLE PIECE OF WIRE ROLLING JUST BEHIND THE LINE ALL OVER ME CLOUDY EYES. UNIVERSE WILL YOU HELP ME TO UNDRESS ALL THAT REMAINS DREAMS SLIP AWAY LOVE I DREAM WITH HUNGER FOR YOUR TOUCH TELL ME WHEN IT ALL BEGAN ALL THE SAME DREAMS SLIP AWAY LOVE I GO BACK HOME WHEN DAY IS DONE I CANNOT FOLLOW YOU MY LOVE LOVE DREAMS SLIP AWAY LOVE
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Falling Deep Inside 04:31
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FALLING DEEP INSIDE IN THE BRIGHTNESS OF MY DAY I WILL WANT YOU ONCE AGAIN HOLDING BACK IS WRONG FLYING DOWN BELOW WHAT ABOUT THE NIGHT WE CRIED JUST TO KEEP IT ALL INSIDE LOVE ME TILL I LOSE LYING ON THE MOON AND I FALL INSIDE TELL ME BABY HOW DOES IT FEEL WHILE WE FALL LIKE ENEMIES HOLDING BACK IS WRONG FLYING DOWN BELOW AND I FALL INSIDE FALLING DEEP INSIDE
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Gipsy Mind 04:18
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GIPSY MIND BESIDE ME ON THE FLOOR TO BLOW THE CANDLE OUT I’M SO GLAD THAT YOU CAME BABE SHAPES IN CLOUDS TOMORROW YOU’LL BE BACK STOP THE RUN, YEAH YOU NEVER TRIED TO HIDE THE WAY YOU FEEL ON THE OTHER SIDE FLOAT YOUR GIPSY MIND AROUND TASTE THE GROUND TOMORROW YOU’LL BE BACK STOP THE RUN YEAH TILL I REACH YOUR EYES LEADING TO THE OTHER SIDE TOMORROW YOU’LL BE BACK STOP THE RUN YEAH TALES FROM DOWN BELOW WITH ALL THE SHADOWS GONE
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Temptation 03:08
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TEMPTATION MY DESIRE IS TO BE ALWAYS FAR FROM HERE KISS MY BROKEN WINGS TEMPTATION SONG, FLIES OUT OF THE DOOR ON YOUR HILL AND THE WIND BLOWING SNOW AROUND ON MY DRESS THE SILENCE IS AMONG THE TREES WHEN WE BREATHE ROCKING MY SOUL WHEN IT CRIES WIPING THE TEARS WHERE EVERYTHING FLOWS ON YOUR HILL TAKE A RIDE BESIDE ME TEMPTATION SONG IT WILL BE FINE TAKE A WALK AND TELL ME THAT I’M NOT ALONE BRING MY TIME
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Between The Cup And Lips 03:17
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BETWEEN THE CUP AND LIPS BETWEEN WILD DESIRE AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA I WOULD LIKE TO LOSE MY SELF IN YOUR ARMS, ON YOUR LIPS COME ALONG GET HIGH FREE IS THE TIME TO REST COME TO ME FOR FUN LIVING IN MY HEAD TAKE THE REST ALL OF ME JUST TRYING TO FEED AND YOU KNOW WHAT I NEED TURN ME ON AGAIN LET ME TELL YOU LOUD BETWEEN THE CUP AND LIPS TOUCH ME WITH YOUR HEART IN YOUR ARMS , I’M RICH TAKE THE REST ALL OF ME JUST TRYING TO FEED AND YOU KNOW WHAT I NEED TURN ME ON AGAIN BETWEEN THE CUP AND LIPS IN YOUR ARMS , I’M RICH AND YOU KNOW WHAT I NEED TURN ME ON AGAIN
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Venus 03:05
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VENUS VENUS BETWEEN US NOTHING MORE TO TELL MUSIC PLAYS ALL AROUND DAYS NEVER END YOU KNOW THE WAY TO BLUE THE NIGHT GOES THROUGH YOUR GRACE BEAUTY AND PRIDE ON YOUR FACE ALL AROUND VENUS BETWEEN US NOTHING MORE IS REAL ONE WAY FOR YOUR DESIRE INTO YOUR DREAMS YOU KNOW THE WAY TO BLUE THE NIGHT GOES THROUGH YOUR GRACE SHUT THE DOOR STEAL A DAY ALL AROUND
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The Sweet-Smelling Road 03:15
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THE SWEET-SMELLING ROAD THE SWEET-SMELLING ROAD LED TO YOUR DOOR I STILL REMEMBER HOW IT WAS BEFORE AND THROUGH YOUR WORDS I COULD FEED ON YOUR DREAMS I GAVE MYSELF TO YOU, BABY TO SET MY SOUL FREE WALKING THROUGH YOUR LAND I STILL EMBRACE YOUR SOUL AWAY FROM THE DARKNESS I NEVER FEEL ALONE THE WIND IS BLOWING HOW IT WAS BEFORE ON THE SWEET-SMELLING ROAD THAT LED TO YOUR DOOR TIME PASSES SLOWLY YOU’RE LOST IN A DREAM AND MY HEART TELLS ME THAT ALL CAN BE REAL WALKING THROUGH YOUR LAND I STILL EMBRACE YOUR SOUL AWAY FROM THE DARKNESS I NEVER FEEL ALONE THE SWEET-SMELLING ROAD
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Rainy Rainy 04:39
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RAINY RAINY SOME FLOWERS, HAPPY WATER WINDING STREAM JUST TO LEARN TO FLY THE WAY YOU FEEL IS REAL EVERYTIME YOU COME AROUND I FEEL MORE ALIVE TEARS AND FLOWERS JUST TO FEED, SOMEONE FLYING RAINY RAINY HAPPY WATER RAINY RAINY FOR WHAT IS TRUE PLAY THIS SONG AROUND ON THE RADIO DESTINATION IS UPON YOURSELF RAINY RAINY HAPPY WATER RAINY RAINY FOR WHAT IS TRUE THERE’S NO BOUNDERY ON THE RADIO DESTINATION IS UPON YOURSELF

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"Star Rovers" (Go Down Records / Goodfellas ) 07/11/2013
Recorded by David Lenci at "Sotto Il Mare Recording Studios" Povigliano Veronese (VR) IT
Assistant engineer: Luca Tacconi
Mixed and Mastered by Gregor Marini at Sonorus S.D. - Merano (BZ)
"Between The Cup And Lips" Mixed by David Lenci
Ph. www.simoneantonelliphotography.com
Artwork: Davide Clara info@tolleranzazeroglbt.it

Alice Albertazzi: Vocals, Guitars, Foot Tambourine, Percussions
Gianfranco Romanelli: Dobro, Resonator Guitar

Stellar Guests:
Laura "Matumaini" Masi: Ukulele on "Falling Deep Inside" and "Gipsy Mind"
Patrizia "Miss Patty Miss" Urbani: vocal on "Rainy Rainy"
Conny Ochs: vocal on "Gipsy Mind"

Music and words by Alice Albertazzi and Gianfranco Romanelli
"The Sweet-Smelling Road" by "ALIX": Alice Albertazzi, Gianfranco Romanelli, Giuseppe de Palma, Andrea Insulla

ALICE TAMBOURINE LOVER - "STAR ROVERS" by Heavy Planet
www.heavyplanet.net/2014/01/nuclear-dogs-atomic-split-larman-clamor.html

When first hearing Alice Tambourine Lover's music you catch a bluesy, Americana sound that has gargantuan riffs of blues magic woven in and around subtle but charming psychedelic licks and fuzzy desert melodies.The fuzz on this record is ingenious in its subtlety, yet powerful in presence, engendering power cycles of enormous magnitude managing never to overwhelm, instead creating an atmosphere of physicality and immense satisfaction. Guitarist Alice Albertazzi combines her mastery of the blues and her dulcet, angelic vocals with melodies of exquisite, whimsical adventure. Bassist and dobro wielder extraordinaire Gianfranco Romanelli gives power and grace to the magical melodies, driving them toward amplified glory up and down the entire album track. The songs are sweet and awe inspiring, wrapped tightly with a huge fuzzy blanket of riff and resonation. Tracks like "Digging This Song", "Temptation", and "Between Cupid's Lip" are uptempo and crunchy pleasure rides showcasing mastery and evolution of the blues riff. Sweet songs such as "Venus" and "Falling Deep Inside" haunt deeply, cajoling emotion from deep, personal sources. A trippier, psychedelic experience is to be had on "Gipsy Mind" and "Rainy Rainy".

This duo from Bologna are supremely gifted artists who place a significant metal imprimatur on "Star Rovers" with dexterous, intelligent guitar riffs of exquisite beauty and significant heart.


Alice Tambourine Lover "Star Rovers" by Max Sannella
Se i veri e alternativi geni si vedono dal primo disco, figuriamoci col secondo; sempre freschi, atletici, frizzanti e musicalmente prolifici riecco quei due bei satanassi multi-metedrinici degli Alice Tambourine Lover (Alice Albertazzi e Gianfranco Romanelli) e con loro il secondo capitolo della loro storia magnificamente out of control, Star Rovers, nove interludi posseduti da tutta la malia del blues psichedelico intozzato tra pozzanghere di esorcismi da Baton Rouge, salassi slide, crotali tintinnanti e poetica woodoo, allucinazioni e sensualità conturbante, in pratica un manuale straordinario di musica di confine tra noi ed il loro mondo oscuro, tra sciamanesimi elettrici e lingue di fuoco distorte.

Anche questa seconda “puntata” degli ATL non indulge in una sola nota in meno, tutto è sfarzo e eclettismo sonoro che pochi altri saprebbero imbastire in quattro e quattr’otto, un disco che rafforza – se mai ce ne fosse bisogno – il calibro storto e stupendo che questo duo mette in pratica e affida ad una immaginazione d’ascolto senza limite; chitarre maledette, voce ispirata, puzza di Bourbon scaduti e roots rimesse in sesto acuto sulle memorie Jopliane come di una Polly Harvey in fregola di sangue bollente, frustano una tracklist che scotta di bellezza, assolutamente da bilanciare in una notte selvaggia a cavallo di un deserto propiziatorio ed un falò luciferino.
Tracce/trip che viaggiano autonomamente come un mantra al centro di una fantasia Hendrixiana (“Gipsy mind”), brani che oltre che sommergere e rapire l’ascolto, donano quell’estasi southern dei grandi miti essenziali, miti senza compromessi e senza macchia se non quella di essere mostruosamente in linea con divinità alternative al classico pantheon benpensante. Nel mezzo di una tradizione e di una contemporaneità capace di trascinare ed imperversare in un universo capovolto gli ATL si muovono come divini ossessi, fuori da ogni omologazione commerciale, e questo disco di “diavolerie” non fa nulla per apparire un’emulo agèe delle tante influenze seminali che raccoglie dentro, ma una visionaria customerizzazione rock.blues e di tutto quello che satellita intorno personalissima e perfetta. Prendiamo il folkly intrecciato di “Dreams slip away”, la messianicità strisciante di “Falling deep”, lo stomp-corner che balza festoso in “Temptation” o – per definire bene il discorso – lo sdoppiamento mentale alla Grateful Dead che la stordente “Rainy rainy” regala a chi ci gira intorno, non sono altro che droghe legali da assumere in ogni momento che si desidera, tracce che danno la “rota” al pari di un sogno da realizzare in un deserto di Sonora qualunque.

E gli effetti collaterali? Ben vengano anch’essi, come si dice…quello che non strozza ingrassa! Disco irrinunciabile per la vostra collezione di chicche alcaloidi. Satanasso!

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released November 7, 2013

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Alice Tambourine Lover Bologna, Italy

Alice Albertazzi (voice / guitar / tambourine)
Gianfranco Romanelli (dobro resonator guitars)

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