L'Amo - s/t - CD (2010)

Labels: Fallo Dischi
Review by: Sion Thomas

This EP is on a mini 3″ compact disk, I had to email Andy to find out if I could even play a
mini disk on a normal CD player (It’s a format that I have completely over looked,
probably for a good reason). LAMO are another band from the Naples label Fallo
Dischi but this time they are actually Italian compared to Nasov. With 5 songs
and the EP only lasting under seven minutes I get a very brief introduction to
L’amo, I think the longest song is one minute fifty seconds. The first 3 songs and
the last song sound like a messier Q and not U, with the synth and distorted
guitar battling it out in the mix. I wish the songs were a little longer, as soon
as I hear a strong riff it’s already gone, this also could be L’amo’s strong point.
The song that puts itself above the rest though is “œsulla svirilizzazione di
quagliarella” which sounds like it could have been on the soundtrack to a moody
90’s Nintendo game with its distorted synths and simple electro drum beat, once
again its too short. I wanted to hear more. This weird little EP intrigued me so
much that I researched them and found out this EP come out way back in 2010.
Since then L’amo have released a full length where some of the songs even hit
a mind-boggling three minutes and on some songs even sound like New Order.
L’amo, an Italian dance-post-punk power house.