(Muso's Guide, March 17, 2009)
Single review
After a tough night out, who can honestly say that their liver doesn't hurt? It's almost the mark of a success.
Lisa Dply Masia and Marina Cristofalo are two lovely young Italian ladies who have seen fit to write a whole song about such an hepatic concern.
OK, so that’s a lie. It’s not about that at all.
Who knows what it’s about - there’s not much of a clue as a subtle, mid-tempo drumbeat ushers in a simple guitar line with a minor twist.
The female vocal arrives with an ethereal beauty and something ghostly to boot. “You make me sick,” it goes, before a girlish lullaby “La la la” takes over.
All the while, the guitar gets brasher and more in control, but by contrast, the vocal is even more like a child’s, “Listen to me/My little friend/You found me/Now let me free”.
The vocal is spooky and unnerving, but not more so than the accompanying video.]
Opening on a shot of the moon, the shot shifts and closes in on what seems to be a ragdoll.
The ragdoll stands and wanders through what looks like a toy scrapyard, pausing to look at a bear with an eye missing and ambling desolately through this place of horror.
The ragdoll stares at the moon, thousands of miles out of reach, and then happens upon a moth. Fluttering and flying, the ragdoll is mesmerised by the creature, and take it upon her hand, befriending it.
Unfortunately, it is shortlived, as the next scene sees ragdoll Red Riding-like with moth wings sewn to her back, and the moth struggling for survival having had its body rent asunder.
The ragdoll ends her tale attempting to take flight with her ill-gotten wings, the giant moon filling the shot and her hopes.
Creepy and unusual as the video is, the song matches it, building to a crescendo as the hideous act takes place.
It truly is a jaundiced view of the world.
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