mr.mallory

This album by DBPIT, dating back to 2004, tells the semi-autobiographycal post-nuclear story in which a mr. average gets hit by a nuclear blast and, as in the comic books of the 70's, developes peculiar superpowers...ironically, he, a left-handed man, loses his left arm and grows six, useless right ones...his brain developes too: he becomes oversensitive and feels unfit to live, gets depressed and scared; to escape this overwhelming life he will forge his death in the end...

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from a musical point of view, the album is characterized by a leitmotif played, with different effects, in all the tracks, as if to link them all in a stream of consciousness...

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multilinguage news (tr#3):

"last weekend a major nuclear accident occurred.

the nuke plant near lake Karachai

blew up causing a massive waste leakage.

an unaware citizen were relaxing by the lakeside

and bore the brunt of the explosions, miracolously surviving.

scientist are sceptical about his chances of still living a normal life,

having he lost his left arm but developed 6 right hands;

having he been a left-handed person, his new gift will prove pointless

fan-clubs are said to be sprouting the world over, dedicated to Mr.Mallory, the "lefty with six rights";

will that be enough to give back his happiness to Mr. Mallory, whose brain is said to have also developed?"

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Quella di Mr. Mallory, è una storia semiautobiografica in cui un uomo comune viene investito da radiazioni nucleari e, come nella migliore tradizione

dei fumetti marveliani anni '70, sviluppa strani superpoteri...

ironicamente, però, l'uomo, che è mancino, perde il braccio sinistro mentre gli nascono sei, inutili braccia destre...ma anche il suo intelletto si sviluppa e diventa ipersensibile allo sgomento della vita, triste, cupa e dolorosa, per sfuggire alla quale simulerà la propria morte...

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musicalmente, l'album è contraddistinto da un leitmotif che si ripropone, con effetti differenti, in tutti i brani come a legarli idealmente in un unico continuum

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