Split album “Cambio Vita” – Spavaldery/Hobos

Putridity. Violence. Attitude. These are probably the best terms to describe the split album featuring two devastating realities: Spavaldery and Hobos.
Let’s start with Spavaldery. They attack this split with 4 tracks of lengths varying from 50 seconds to roughly one minute and a half. The overall sounding is decent; although the track “Ghost Strac” is 2:58 long, almost two minutes of it are nothing but quite disturbing and depressingly straightforward monologue. The Spavaldery are the founders of Rotten Roll, a crude and rough subgenre, just as direct as a punch from Mike Tyson, relentlessly striving to let off steam and never develop into the thematic banality of numerous hardcore groups. They get it all right, with no pointless innovations, no frills… they just prove to be truly explosive!
On the other side there are Hobos. They may only have three songs to present, songs that are way more crude and minimalistic than the stuff by Spavaldery, but likewise, their songs are goddamn straightforward! They can be described as raw death/thrash-infected hardcore punk with some influences of rock’n’roll, or shortly, as they defined it themselves: Metal from the road. The singer certainly does not spare his throat – he just goes into overdrive; the violent guitar riffs fly like bullets while the bass and drums are the icing on this cake of devastation. Conclusion: 3 tracks of fright!
Overall, we’re talking about two different underground groups, however, as far as gigs are concerned, both of the bands can guarantee a crazy performance, a lot of bruises and maybe even broken bones! Of course listening to their records is definitely worth it too! Anyway, enough talk! Get this album and check it out, by all means!

Ps: You can find our interviews with Spavaldery and Hobos at this links:
-Interview with Spavaldery: http://radio-punk.tumblr.com/post/104942912494/interview-with-spavaldery-ita-eng
-Interview with Hobos: http://radio-punk.tumblr.com/post/108656222719/interview-with-hobos-ita-eng

TRACKLIST WITH RATINGS:
1- Spavaldery – Euroman – 7,5
2- Spavaldery – Melbourne Demons 8
3- Spavaldery – Chocolate and Bullshit 7,5
4- Spavaldery – Ghost Strac – 8,5
5- Hobos – Muori Sbirro – 8,5
6- Hobos – Salto Nel Vuoto 8
7- Hobos – Seiseisei 8

ALBUM RATING: 8

KEY SENTENCE (Spavaldery):
“No helmet, no protection
Melbourne Demons” – Melbourne Demons

KEY SENTENCE (Hobos):
“un cappio al tuo controllo
per te che appesti l’aria di legge
muori sbirro!
perché non ho bisogno di te
da solo con il tuo ferro
fallo per te
muori sbirro!” – Muori Sbirro

Reviewed by T.S.