Fulmine: Randagio 7″

Description

The debut 6 track 7 from Fulmine an international skinhead masterclass from some global drinking buddies. The five piece band featuring Luca, Sarny, Alex, Chubby Charles and Joe went into Fuzzbrain studio and cranked out 6 tracks in as many hours without a single rehearsal. The sound is very basic, rough and intense with lyrics that are very incendiary. This is proper old school mid paced Italian Oi! with the crunching bass and a vocalist who chews glass for that authentic gravel tone. Think BASTA, NABAT, DECIBELIOS and OCHO BOLAS. Its so good it could have been released C.A.S Records in the 80s.

Recorded by Ben Spence at Fuzzbrain Studios
Artwork by Kam Lindsey

Our take: According to the labels description, Fulmine came together as a band and recorded these six tracks in a mere six hours without a single rehearsal. Amazing! Maybe its because they kept things so loose, but Fulmine ended up with a unique modern oi! record here. The recording is raw and nasty, the bass sound blown to shit and vocals so guttural as to sound almost demonic (I think Nick who sang for Arms Race also sings in Fulmine). Especially with the Italian vocals, you cant help but think of those grimy Italian classics from the 80s. However, while the songs and performance are raw and direct, there are all these details in the recording that give Fulmine a unique sound, whether its the Camera Silens-esque sax that pops up now and again, the ethereal backing vocals in Vita Di Sudore, or the layers of noise in Puro Odio and Insurrezione, whose origins I can only guess at. The bruising street punk on this record pulls you right in, but those more idiosyncratic touches really separate Randagio from the modern oi! pack.