Promise is debt. So here comes the long-time lost second solo album by Maurizio Monti, Diavolo custode (”guardian devil”).
For those who fell in love with his debut full-length, L’amore (posted here some time ago), this one could be a slightly different experience. Monti embraces a much more twisted songwriting here, with such negative, cynical and hopelessly ironic lyrics that he seems possessed by Mauro Pelosi’s evil spirit; and while L’amore’s signature sound was that of both acoustic and electric piano, most of the tracks in Diavolo custode are built around guitars (Adriano Monteduro is credited in the backing band, which also counts Paolo Rustichelli on keyboards and Carlo Bordini on drums).
The subtly unconventional arrangements are by Monti himself together with Paolo Dossena – who’s in charge of the production as well – featuring staggering ambience shifts, breathtaking groove breaks (such as the coda to “La tessera del tram”, which the Air would willingly give a couple of kidneys for) and also Italian folk hints, especially when the rythm section takes a marching band pace, like in “Ruote” or “Cuore di rosa”.
Here is the tracklist:
01, Io e la bambina (”me and the baby girl”)
02, Piccolo animale (”little animal”)
03, Ruote (”wheels”)
04, Cuore di rosa (”heart of rose”)
05, Rosmarino (”rosemary”)
06, Povero idiota (”poor idiot”)
07, La tessera del tram (”the tram pass”)
08, Il diavolo (”the devil”)
Get it: Maurizio Monti, Diavolo custode (1976)
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