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ROMA AMOR Back To Dark
Roma Amor is a neofolk / dark cabaret band from Italy. Their music is located somewhere between the melodic folk-inflected charm of the 1960s Italian songwriters and the cabaret swoon of French chansonniers, Roma Amor’s music is instinctively romantic and sophisticated, and can be described as chanson noir or folk cabaret. Their self-titled debut album came out on Old Europa Cafe in 2008, followed by Femmina and Occhi Neri. In 2014, On The Wire was released on Klanggalerie, extending the line-up of the group by inviting guests musicians to perform, and extending also the sound to a more sophisticated pop orientated music. Two more albums followed in 2015 and 2018, and in 2022 a double CD was released, with one album being a re-issue of their classic Femmina, and the other being a complete previously unreleased album. Back To Dark is the band's brand new long player. 11- cuts that mix primitive crude midtempo gothic rock songs with slow mournful ballads and hints of doom. Played with low tuned guitar, essential drums and minimalist bass riffs, you won’t miss the band’s trademark made by Euski's hoarse and deep voice. It includes also a rough garage version of Throbbing Gristle’s Discipline.. A new direction added to the group's portfolio. Full tracklist: 1. Back To Crime 2. Back To Dark 3. Come La Notte 4. Ich Kann Das Nicht Ertragen 5. The Witch 6. Discipline 7. Shut 8. Into The Wood 9. Obedience Policy 10. Pills 11. On The Shadow. Price: € 20,-/copy incl. worldwide shipping.
Back To Dark to najnowszy długi album grupy. Składa się z 11 utworów łączących surowe, ciężkie, średnie tempo piosenek gotyckich z powolnymi, smutnymi balladami. Nisko strojone gitary, oszczędna perkusja i minimalistyczne riffy basu budują gęstą, mroczną atmosferę, nad którą wciąż dominuje chropowaty, głęboki głos Euski.
(Anxious Musick Magazine, May 2026)
Back to Dark, di contro, è asciutto e minimale, oscuro e talvolta nervoso, con il canto di Euski che richiama la Siouxsie degli anni d oro: ascoltate Shut o The Witch. Pezzi notturni e nervosi, come Back to Dark e Back to Crime, si alternano a momenti più calmi, come la bellissima Into The Wood, o alle due ballate dell album: Come La Notte, quasi di sapore indie, e la conclusiva On The Shadow Of My Pride, il brano che più si avvicina al loro stile folk acustico tradizionale.
(Ver Sacrum, July 2026)
Adding new elements of goth rock and doom throughout, Roma Amor open their new recording on the languishing beauty of Back To Crime and the low slung mood of the title track Back To Dark, the enthralling Come La Notte, the drum and bass-led pop-rocker Ich Kann Das Nicht Ertragen and if they had been a Goth outfit, the Blondie-hued The Witch.
Along next on this, at times, Siouxsie-imbibed album is the sterner fare cover of Throbbing Gristle’s Discipline and the jaunty, veritably ethereal affair, and they are in turn followed by the timbered ambiance of Shut, the delicious evenflow of Into The Wood, the poppy Obedience Policy, the set rounding out on the rhythmic rock of Pills, coming to a close on the breathy balladry of On The Shadow.
(Anne Carlini, July 2026)
From the start, Back to Dark is strikingly different from previous Roma Amor releases, but much of that is a matter of texture rather than atmosphere. Had the gripping opener Back to Crime been performed with accordion and acoustic guitar, it might fit readily enough onto Occhi Neri or Femmina, but the heavy drums and electric guitar riffs make it sound far more adjacent to something like Vision Thing-era Sisters of Mercy. That’s indicative of the kinds of reference points to expect this time around – not just Sisters of Mercy but Siouxsie, PJ Harvey, Nick Cave – many shades of dark, essentially. Following a song called Back to Crime with another called Back to Dark seems perverse. However, it establishes a real sense of momentum, as the song itself, grim and slow, with a Birthday Party-like prowling bluesy menace, is powerful and somber. Yet, it’s also catchy and immediate, another surprising trait of the album.
(Spectrum Culture, July 2026)
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