A new, soft and refined, visual of pop music
songwriting, dissembling complex guitar textures
into italian songs of uncommon beauty.
Cods are an Italian band from Milan and Turin.
They were born in the begining of 1999. They
achieved Rockerillaís Brico-Sound Prize for best
demo-tape of the year, and moreover Blow-up
recommended them as best autoproduction of
1999. (Rockerilla and Blow-up are two important
Italian magazines about indipendent music).
In April 2001 they released their first CD with
Beware! Records.
They released the soundtrack for the documentary "Backstage di Forza Cani" by Federico Tinelli,
which was screened in November 2001 at the triennial of Milan - CWT festival (Cinema Web
Television Videogame).
Their second cd "Sperochettùstia" has been released in 2003 by Mexicat Records.
Megaplomb did booking for them.
"I Cods scrivono testi di una bellezza sbilenca e vertiginosa, come se gli Avion Travel fossero andati a ripetizione da Syd Barrett" (Il Manifesto)
"Svetta soprattutto una cifra stilistica fresca, inedita, fragrante" (Musica di Repubblica)
"Non si può che rimanere a bocca aperta di fronte alla leggiadria con cui la formazione crea e rende fruibili stratificazioni strumentali di una complessità notevole" (Il Mucchio Selvaggio)

Lineup:
Christian Alati - guitar, electronics
Massimo Giovara - vocals
Lucio Sagone - drums
Giulio Sagone - bass
Links:
www.cods.it
Mexicat Records
Cods
Italy / Mexicat Records
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