The new look is the opportunity to announce the new unreleased maneskin “Gossip” which will be released on January 13th. The song is a collaboration with Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave historic guitarist Tom Morello, and anticipates the album Rush, which will see the light of day on January 20th. Damiano David, Victoria De Angelis, Thomas Raggi and Ethan Torchio’s third album consists of 17 tracks and is their first album sung primarily in English. A project that has been eagerly awaited worldwide and has already convinced critics and insiders.
The first rave review came from the American edition of the rock scene’s bible, Rolling Stone, with journalist David Browne blessing Rush! “Remember when rockers were extravagant, excessive, over-the-top libertines?” he asks. “Neither do we, but Måneskin is here to refresh our memories. On their third album Rush! the former Eurovision winners and wannabe saviors of rock from Rome do everything they can to live up to the exclamation mark contained in the title.”
“Judging by the lyrics, Måneskin’s life seems like bacchanalia after bacchanalia, with weed, beer, cola and hot women, while lead singer Damiano David is, in his own words, ‘a lion tamer who misbehaves and makes love respect.’ “. Browne writes again, quoting the band’s frontman that he’s hot because he’s Italian.
The reporter defines “Rush!” their most ambitious album, which, in addition to punk sounds (“a smoothie of stadium chants”) also contains irresistible catchy songs like “Baby Said” or “Gossip”. “It gets even better when The Maneskin revive the lost art of tongue-in-cheek, half-spoken new wave song, as in the hilarious and mocking ‘Kool Kids’ and ‘Bla Bla Bla,’ where David sings, ‘You said I’m ugly and my band sucks but a song of mine just surpassed 1 billion streams so kiss my cu-cu-cu-cu-cu-cu-c***o,” he wrote.
In addition to defining Damiano as a true rock star, Browne compliments guitarist Thomas Raggi, underscoring that Maneskin are “the only great rock band capable of influencing contemporary pop culture”. The review, however, does not shy away from criticizing the young rock band: “Surely the best moments are the exaggerated ones, while the most sincere ones are the weakest ones.” “If Not for You” is a power ballad like many others, while “‘The gift of life’ is heated grunge.”