I Will Be Found. BBF

Not so long ago Bongley Dead, what has become of them since 2017?, was the only Italian rock band found on this blog. Over the past year or so several have found their way and now BBF is added to this roster.

With I Will Be Found the trio shows a few side to its rocking self. In the first song, 'Freedom', BBF allows itself just that: freedom. The CSNY sound of the acoustic guitar in combination with a bluesy solo on another acoustic, makes the album have a start where The Rolling Stones meet CSNY. Before the song turns electric and gets a totally different feel, that is. The band kicks in full force. The song at heart may be the same, as in having the same vocal melody, the two parts could not be further apart. A blistering guitar solo pokes up the fire some more. Freedom indeed.

BBF released two albums before Covid upset all touring plans and the concept of making it big in Europe. Instead the band returns with a six song mini album. The time the band was given to create new music. it used to fully explore several musical directions and forms. To search for and find attractive intro's. Like in the single 'Cosmic Surgery' that found its way to the single section a few weeks back. The bass plays a great part in the song. Its part allows the guitarist to go all over the place with sounds and soundscapes. The drummer keeps all around together with ease. His firm hits on the skins, lay down the pattern all others only need to follow in order to be wild at heart.

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BBF is Pietro Brunetti (electric bass, synth, vocals), Claudio Banelli (electric and acoustic guitar, vocals) and Carlo Forgiarini (drums and percussions), BBF. They formed the band in 2016. Together they have a clear love for the psychedelic side of rock. The trippy 'Rise', the third song, is of the kind that hovers through my room. It sounds like the music is leaving my speakers only hesitatingly. Constant stops make the song sound as if the musicians changed their minds half way and want to reel the notes and rhythms back in. Only until the end of the song. All of a sudden 'Rise' explodes and one overdub after the other is released, filling my room, ears and head completely. As if only then the band had found the form it wanted 'Rise' to have.

To compensate 'T-rex' burst loose as if Jimi Hendrix came back to release a final killer riff to the earth. While 'Wake Up' shows to the world what sounds can be conjured up when a musician starts to fiddle with the knobs on his effect pedals. (From experience I can tell that at some point there's no need for the musician, as soon as the loop starts working. Pure magic remains.) Things remain under control though. 'Wake Up' is the song with the closest The Beatles connection on I Will Be Found. Again BBF plays with dynamics to make 'Wake Up' more exciting. This band is able to find a balance between psychedelia and rock that works and with ease it seems.

The sixth and final song is another one that starts with an acoustic guitar. A dark vibe with a high, sleepy vocal giving 'Supernova' a mysterious start. Also the sixth song stands out from the very beginning, with leaving me wondering when the change is going to come or is the surprise it doesn't? I will leave you, to find out for yourself.

Wout de Natris

You can order I Will Be Found on the website of Argonauta Records:

https://www.argonautarecords.com/shop/cd/596-bbf-i-will-be-found-cd.html