If It's Too Loud...

I first heard Calicoco's 2018 album in March of 2019. I made the comment that if I had heard Float when it was released it would have definitely made my top 10 of 2018. This year I heard Underneath on time and it's my #1 album of 2021. Underneath combines two of my favorite styles of music. Giana Calioli's vocals still embody that 1950's style crooner sound, but on this new album they are put over giant indie rock epics. The album starts off with "I Hate Living With Me," an absolute monster of a song that just swirls and swirls and swirls around itself with fuzzy and hypnotic guitars while Calioli's vocals somehow command your attention above all of the chaos. This is what sets an album like Underneath apart from so many others. Music this noisy or loud isn't usually this beautiful, and with such compelling vocals. It's almost like early 90's Sonic Youth mixed with early Smashing Pumpkins and a little bit of when Tori Amos started playing with ...

Photo by Laraine Camera Goldberg If you're as excited as we are about Calicoco's new album coming out on Friday, then buckle up. They've just released a new single, and it's just going to amp up your anticipation to a fever pitch. "I Hate Living With Me" is a huge indie rock song. It's an absolute epic that swirls around Giana Calioli's vocals. You still get their impossible to resist crooning vocals that we came to adore with 2018's Float , but "I Hate Living With Me" just builds and builds with swirling guitars and fuzz. It starts off as a mid-tempo rocker and just builds and builds into this intense indie rock jam at the end with everything imploding in upon itself while Calioli's voice anchors the entire thing from going completely off the rails. It's brilliant, and none of us will be able to wait until Friday once we hear this song. You can watch the video for "I Hate Living With Me" below. Underneath is due out Sep...

As thrilled as we were with Calicoco's last single, "Heal Me," last month, their latest may just surpass the last one. "Underneath" is an epic. Despite coming in at just over four minutes in length, it just feels longer. It's a huge indie rocker with Calicoco's 60's crooner vocals edging it just ever so slightly into pop territory. That's truly simply because their vocals are just so compelling and irresistible that you're going to be mesmerized, even as the music may try to repel you with dissonance. This kind of giant song is going to have us preaching on the Calicoco bandwagon even more than we have been in the past. You can watch the video for "Underneath" below. Underneath is due out September 3 on Dadstache Records. You can pre-order a copy here . For more on Calicoco, check out the artist's Facebook  and Twitter .

We first discovered Calicoco back in 2019, a year after they released their amazing album Float. We became enamored with Giana Caliolo's music. The combination of 60's crooner style vocals with modern indie and folk hits such a sweet spot of my musical taste. When I saw Calicoco had a new single out, I was thrilled for more of the same, but "Heal Me" straight up rocks. This is not the direction I expected, but I'm certainly not complaining. "Heal Me" keeps everything we loved about Calicoco before, but cranks up the noise. Sure, the cover of Heartless Bastards' "New Resolution" earlier this year gave us a hint of what Calicoco could do while rocking out a bit more, but this new song is an entirely new direction. It reminds me of Stef Chura going a little more in a straightforward rock direction while keeping the indie rock buzz and crunch. You can watch the video for "Heal Me" below. Underneath is due out September 3 on Dadstache ...