SPIRITUAL FRONT - "ROMA ROTTEN CASINO" (OUT 24
SEPTEMBER)
05/07/10
The ‘armageddon gigolo’ is back: after the
succinctly titled first album for Trisol, on their brand new album
‘Rotten Roma Casino’ the charismatic Italian
heartbreaker SIMONE SALVATORI’s band once again define that
which they have shaped like no other: ‘suicide
pop’. That is to say: melancholy melodies, stirring guitar
chords, emotional vocals and yearning string passages, but also
solid-groove beats and macabre phrases.
Just as the recipe was fully finalised on ‘Armageddon
Gigolo’, which defined the genre single-handedly,
‘Rotten Roma Casino’ goes a decisive step further.
They once more summoned together the proven ensemble featuring chamber
musicians associated with ENNIO MORRICONE and created a whole series of
musical gems which you can’t get out of your head after just
a single hearing. As per the title, it’s about Rome
– a metaphorical, decadent Rome however, a parallel to the
Roma of FELLINI, full of wonder, monstrosities and passions. They pay
homage to the orgiastic, wild and ambiguous in such a way, particularly
on the intense video clips which are featured on the bonus DVD, as to
conjure up the immortal spirit of RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER. The doleful
‘Sad Almost A Winner’ orientates itself towards his
homoerotic melodrama, ‘Fox and his Friends’, while
the clip for ‘Darkroom Friendship’ pays homage to
the promiscuous bisexual passion of frontman SALVATORI. Shimmering skin
in the twilight – ‘a friendship made of flesh and
lust’. SALVATORI acknowledges that without
FASSBINDER’s controversial ‘sex and
death’ drama ‘Querelle’, he probably
wouldn’t have founded SPIRITUAL FRONT. To all this are added
harmonies which seem to derive from the legendary creators of film
music, ENNIO MORRICONE and NINO ROTA. SPIRITUAL FRONT carry their
unmistakeable Italian spirit into the post-modern.
With ‘Rotten Roma Casino’, SPIRITUAL FRONT
consciously shake off their underground roots in order to invent their
own unique variety of morbid folk-pop which blends indie rock, acoustic
chords and tango into a new, intense and above all heartrending,
genuine mixture. In a varied sequence of romantic, vibrant, cynical,
sad and occasionally gruesome ballads, we dive into the incomparable
world of SPIRITUAL FRONT: ‘Kiss The Girls And Make Them
Die’ as well as ‘Sad Almost A Winner’ or
‘Cold Love (In A Cold Coffin)’. It is still ELVIS
PRESLEY’s libertine little brother: HELLVIS. With auratic
timbre in his voice, he once again sings about the impossibility of
love and the pain which it leaves behind. Love, it is said, (also)
tastes of death…
‘Rotten Roma Casino’ is a fresh and original but at
the same time mature and majestic musical work, without compromise but
yet catchy; slightly sweet but yet disturbing. In any case a worthy
redemption of the promise which ‘Armageddon Gigolo’
once gave. Suicide pop in its purest form…
ATTENTION: The album is published as a strictly limited special first
edition.
CD plus DVD in 8-panel digipak
Special Leporello fold booklet with precious art print on high-quality
paper incl. all lyrics and exclusive photos
Fold-out Poster
Strictly limited to 1,999 copies world-wide
First come, first served.
Pre-order your combo HERE!
spiritualfront@yahoo.com | info@trisol.de
NEW T-SHIRTS!
20/06/10
Brand new T-shirts available! Have a look at our STORE and
grab yours now!
NEW TRACKS
08/06/10
Two new tracks ("Darkroom Friendship" and "Cold Love in a Cold Coffin")
off the forthcoming album "Rotten Roma Casino" are now available on our
MySpace profile. Further details
on the record release will be posted soon! Enjoy!
GRENOBLE SHOW CANCELLED!
13/05/10
Dear boys and girls, I am truly sorry to announce that our show in
Grenoble (France) has been cancelled!
We'll be back soon, don't worry.
"DARKROOM FRIENDSHIP" VIDEO
25/04/10
Video out today!
"DARKROOM FRIENDSHIP" TEASER
20/04/10
Video out on 25 April!
MASTERING AND VIDEOCLIP
06/04/10
Hell-o friends...
I'm quite proud to announce you that the album is ready! We finally
mastered 'Rotten Roma Casino' at Reference studio in Rome. Soon, a
couple of tracks will be available on our website and myspace.
'Darkroom Friendship' is the first single, the videoclip has been shot
by Solobuio visual factory and directed by Carlo Roberti.
The clip will be online on 25th of April!
Stay tuned.
NEW PICTURES
15/11/09
Plenty of new pics (live and miscellaneous shots) up in the PHOTOS section!
SATYRIASIS AND MERCH BACK IN STOCK
02/10/09
Spiritual Front merchandise is back in stock (t-shirts, pins and
stickers) along with "Satyriasis", eventually reprinted and now
available in store!
Contact us for further details and purchases.
Nihilist kisses...
FACEBOOK
16/09/09
Hello, I wanna thank the people that created the Spiritual
Front
facebook page and all the boys and girls who joined it. However, I'd
like to make clear with all our fans, supporters and enemies, that we
don't run that page, so if you need to get in touch with the band,
please use this website - or alternatively our MySpace page.
Grazie / Thanks.
TORINO (IN ITALIAN)
07/09/09
Ciao a tutti,
venerdì suoneremo al El barrio di Torino; colgo l'occasione
per
annunciarvi che proporremo i nostri brani in una veste leggermente
diversa dal solito...se di 'solito' si può parlare;
suoneremo
senza piano/tastiere e senza basi (una novità adottata negli
ultimi mesi...gradevole ed efficace!!) ma con un nuovo violinista,
Andrea Ruggieri, un nuovo collaboratore degli Spiritual Front. E' una
sorta di piccolo esperimento che vogliamo concederci per provare la
natura più 'ruvida' dei brani di 'Armageddon
Gigolò' ed
altre vecchie cose, un diversivo che serve anche a noi per testare
quanto i timori di cambiamento siano forti.
Nulla di drastico o di metafisico insomma, anzi...la proposta dei
ragazzi del Barrio (che in realtà ci hanno proposto una
doppia
data...dico bene???) ci ha stimolato semplicemente a...provare,
malgrado la nostra iniziale resistenza dovuta al fatto di non poter
portare con noi nuovo materiale.
Quindi perchè no? un concerto differente dal solito....
Spero comunque di ritornare a suonare a Torino durante il nuovo anno
per presentare il nuovo CD 'Rotten Roma Casino' con la classica
formazione, con la speranza che i nostri fans di quelle parti non ne
abbiamo mai abbastanza di noi!!
Grazie,
Simone H.
SF UPDATE
10/06/09
Hell-o folks!
First of all, let me apologize for not having been efficient
and fast enough in providing updates regarding our past months'
activity.
I have experienced some troubles and gone through some hazy
times, all resulting in further delays for our new album.
However, after endless efforts, some regrets, dreams and nightmares, I
decided to head back to the Herzog Studio - which you guys might
remember as the studio where "Armageddon Gigolò" was
recorded. Here I am completing the final parts of "Rotten Roma Casino"
(vocals included), in order to get the best possible result for your
listening experience.
This might cause a slight delay on the release date, but I am confident
it will be worth it: I am definitely more relaxed and relieved now, and
I am pretty sure you guys will be able to appreciate this both
production- and songwriting-wise.
"Roma Rotten Casino" will come out as a double-CD with many
extras such as videos, interviews and remixes. I will make sure to keep
you posted about further developments...
Also, I would like to take the chance to thank all the boys
and girls that came out and supported Spiritual Front in Athens
(Greece) last weekend: we had a wonderful time, met nice
people…and enjoyed a lot of good food!!! A very special
thanks goes out to Dimistris and his crew for their kindness.
Thank you all!
SF TOUR UPDATE
09/05/09
SF ready to hit the road again!
* 16/05/2009
Prato (Italy) @ Siddharta Club
* 22/05/2009
Milano (Italy) @ Black Hole Club [Simone H. DJ-set]
* 06/06/2009
Athens (Greece) – Absynthe Festival @ Kyttaro
* 27/06/2009
Pescara (Italy) – Indie Rocket Festival @ Parco Ex Caserma di
Cocco
* 30/06/2009
Cuneo (Italy) – Festival Nuvolari @ Parco della
Gioventù
* 25/07/2009
Waregem (Belgium) – Gothic Festival @ Expo
Check the TOUR
page for further informations!
SF ON AIR
28/02/09
The Spiritual Front WDR Rockpalast show will be broadcasted on the
night between Sunday 8th and Monday 9th March 2009 on WDR Television
from 00:30am - 02:30am. Enjoy!
MISCELLANEOUS UPDATE
20/12/08
The band is close to completing the new album "Rotten Roma
Casinò" after two years of intense work. The album
consists in 13 songs of wonderful suicide pop, with great arrangements
and many guests. RRC will be enriched with a special DVD containing
interview and videoclips.
Spiritual Front t-shirts, CDs, vinyls, posters, stickers and
pins are still available. To order items check out our myspace and
website:
www.myspace.com/spiritualfront
www.spiritualfront.com
SF is playing Rockpalast in 2 days!
Monday 22 December 2008 @
Underground
Vogelsangerstrasse 200
50825 Cologne
Germany
30/11/08
Spiritual Front has a TV recording planned for the legendary WDR
Rockpalast programme!
Monday 22 December 2008 @ Underground
Vogelsangerstrasse 200
50825 Cologne
Germany
NEW ALBUM AND TRACK-LIST!
20/10/08
Spiritual Front has almost completed the work for the new album!
"Roma Rotten Casinò" will be released via Trisol early next
year, and here following you get the titles of the songs, in
no
special order:
Darkroom Friendship
Overkilled Heart
Erotic Is My Sacrifice
Black Dogs of Mexico
The Days of Anger
German Boys
Odete
I Don't Like You
Cold Love in a Cold Coffin
Bareknuckle Boy
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
Sad Almost Winner
...now feel free to post your impressions about them!
NEW PICTURES!
23/06/08
The band is back from tour with a brand new set of live pics available:
check them out in the PHOTOS
page!
SF TO HIT GERMANY AND SPAIN!
23/05/08
Come join the SF legacy in the first days of June! The band will head
to Germany and Spain for an exclusive serie of shows, playing a number
of songs off the upcoming album!
Here the complete list of shows for the next month:
GERMANY:
* 03/06/2008
Köln @ Stadtgarten
* 04/06/2008
Frankfurt @ Das Bett
* 05/06/2008
Hamburg @ Markthalle
* 06/06/2008
Berlin @ Roter Salon
SPAIN:
*
08/06/2008
Madrid @ Caracol
Check the TOUR
page for further informations!
GERMAN TOUR ANNOUNCED
29/04/08
SF ready to hit Germany again in June!
* 03/06/2008
Köln (Germany) @ Stadtgarten
* 04/06/2008
Frankfurt (Germany) @ Das Bett
* 05/06/2008
Hamburg (Germany) @ Markthalle
* 06/06/2008
Berlin (Germany) @ Roter Salon
Check the TOUR
page for further informations!
NEW PICTURES
14/02/08
New photos (new live and miscellaneous shots) up in the PHOTOS section!
SHOWS UPDATE
22/01/08
Last call to see SF live before the new album gets released!
* 24/01/2008
Halle (Germany) @ Black Angel
"Hellvis" solo-set + party
* 26/01/2008
Berlin (Germany) @ Thule Klub
"Hellvis" solo-set + party
* 01/02/2008
Vlissingen (The Netherlands) @ De Piek
* 02/02/2008
Bruxelles (Belgium) @ Botanique
* 08/02/2008
Pescara (Italy) @ Wake Up
Check the TOUR page for further informations!
UPCOMING SETS
30/11/07
NEW VIDEO AND SHOWS UPDATE
21/11/07
Here following the new "Bastard Angel" video (shot live between Berlin
and Roma), also up in the VIDEO
page.