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Phoenix-Ti_Amo-(0190295811860)-CD-FLAC-2017-FREGON
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Artist .........: Phoenix
Title ..........: Ti Amo
Genre ..........: Rock
Style ..........: Indie rock, Indie pop, Rock alternativo, Synthpop
Label ..........: Glassnote / Loyaute
Language .......: English
Year ...........: 2017
Catalog Number .: 0190295811860
Street Date ....: 06.09.2017
Release Date ...: 01.26.2018
Source .........: CDDA
Encoder ........: FLAC 1.3.1
Grabber ........: EAC
Quality ........: 901 kbps / 44100 Hz / Stereo
Size ...........: 237.87 MB
Tracks .........: 10
Url: http://wearephoenix.com/
T R A C K L I S T
01.J-Boy 04:08
02.Ti Amo 03:26
03.Tuttifrutti 03:53
04.Fior Di Latte 04:04
05.Lovelife 02:31
06.Goodbye Soleil 03:56
07.Fleur De Lys 03:44
08.Role Model 04:36
09.Via Veneto 02:42
10.Telefono 03:45
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R E L E A S E N O T E S
Though Phoenix's blend of soft rock, synth pop, disco, and indie has remained largely
the same over the years, they've always given their albums distinctive moods. This is
particularly true of Ti Amo, a reaction to the tumultuous late 2010s that feels
timely, timeless, and unmistakably Phoenix. In the four years between Bankrupt! and
this album, the world got a lot darker and scarier, with events such as the 2015
terrorist attacks in Paris defining the era's violence and uncertainty (due to a
police lockdown during the attack at the Bataclan theater, Phoenix guitarist
Christian Mazzalai was even trapped in their studio while they were making Ti Amo).
Instead of responding with more darkness, Phoenix make the most of their good-natured
music, channeling the sensual joys of an Italian summer into gelato-sweet and
gelato-brief songs that suggest beauty and romance are always necessary, especially
when times are tough. As the title implies, Ti Amo mixes love, lust, different
languages, and soft-focus rock and disco into some of the band's most romantic music;
the swelling arpeggios on the standout "Lovelife" feel like they could have been
played on heartstrings instead of a synth. "J-Boy"'s impulsive fling is made all the
more pointed by the song's imagery of dying coral reefs and kamikazes, while Thomas
Mars' quasi-rap vocals prove once again that Phoenix are masters of turning corny
into cool. Later, "Fior di Latte" (which takes its name from a type of cheese) serves
up the kind of soft rock that could be cheesy in less skilled manos. Ti Amo's first
half is one of the band's most consistent stretches of songs since Wolfgang Amadeus
Phoenix, but the wispiness of its second half delivers mixed results. "Goodbye
Soleil" captures a dream evaporating with twilight melancholy, but "Role Model" is
harder to grasp, even with its massive choruses. "Via Veneto" is hazier still, as if
the album is fading away before listeners' ears. Some of this must be intentional --
one of the main reasons Ti Amo's celebration of la dolce vita doesn't descend into
escapism is because it's so fleeting. It's no coincidence that the most urgent song
on the album, "Fleur de Lys," takes its name from from one of the most classic
symbols of France, while "Telefono" plays like a prologue that tracks a connection as
it fades across time zones. Returning to normal life -- or worse -- might be
inevitable, but Ti Amo's hazily gorgeous memories remain potent and poignant.
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