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		<title>Act Noir, Shape a new Start</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[4 years after their first release, the all Italian band Act Noir release their second album, Shape a New Start.  Released in January 2010 under Milan&#8217;s Eibon Records, the new album features the new vocalist Gaetano Notarnicola.  Their music and vocals blending sounds like a mixture of Depeche Mode, A perfect Circle with a spice of Placebo.  Although their electro rock roots still remain strong, this time their musical direction is more melodic.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>4 years after their first release, the all Italian band <a href="http://www.actnoir.com" target="_blank">Act Noir</a> release their second album, Shape a New Start.  Released in January 2010 under Milan&#8217;s Eibon Records, the new album features the new vocalist Gaetano Notarnicola.  Their music and vocals blending sounds like a mixture of Depeche Mode, A perfect Circle with a spice of Placebo.  Although their electro rock roots still remain strong, this time their musical direction is more melodic.</p>
<p>The overall album construction is like a spiral in which the electro music, rock and vocals fit very well together.  It all starts with the loud &#8216;Shatterproof Beauty&#8217;, featuring good heavy guitar riffs and drum works, accompanied with very catchy electro beats.  The way guitars and synths exposure changes, fit well the vocals style.  With a mixture of heavy electro beats in &#8216;Set Fire&#8217;, excellent drum loops and guitar melodies in &#8216;Wrong Places&#8217; and a perfect balance of synths and guitars on &#8216;Redemption&#8217; make this album a must listen to.</p>
<p>The closing track, &#8216;The Higher I Went, The Deeper I Feel&#8217; is most probably the best track on the album.  After this electro rock journey, it is only appropriate to close with a slow, melodic and atmospheric track, which suites well the theme of the lyrics.  The lyrics explore the need to shape a new start, as the album title suggest.  Personal redemption of the past and the need to make changes and amendments is a need which cannot be ignored.  A journey back to the roots of humans and a look forward to start the much needed change!</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>and I cannot see the end<br />
all my efforts all my hopes<br />
to give this world another go are lost<br />
down in the deepest blue<br />
where everything is staying still<br />
and no one wants to rise above and see the truth</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The album is available from <a href="http://www.eibonrecords.com/" target="_blank">Eibon Records</a>, where some samples from the album are also available.</p>
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