Petricore is the long-awaited new album by Wojtek, a quintet hovering between sludge and post-hardcore from the province of Padua, consisting of Simone Carraro, Francesco Forin, Mattia Zambon, Morgan Zambon and Riccardo Zulato.
This is their fourth release after “s/t” (Aug ’19), “Hymn for the Leftovers” (Apr ’20) and “Does This Dream Slow Down, Until It Stops?” (Jan ’21), to be released on 19th September on vinyl and CD by Flames Don’t Judge, Fresh Outbreak Records, The Fucking Clinica, Dio Drone, Shove Records and Violence in the Veins, but also as a tape version by Teschio Dischi.
It’s about a sound that has evolved over the years, an increasingly layered wall of sound, embracing vertical drumming and more harmonic and unexpected melodic lines.
Wojtek themselves tell us about the birth of this release, starting with the literal meaning of the term Petricore:
PETRICORE: a particular olfactory sensation that can be perceived when rain falls on soil that has been dry for some time. Petricore is the name of the odour one smells during and after rain that interrupts a dry period.
Following this thread, the album is a mirror image of who Wojtek are today, the result of the trenches that life has dug in the path of the five current members.
For ‘Petricore’, we aimed for a more precise production compared to the past, expanding our atmospheres into new territories that today are flowing much more naturally through our hands. These are six portraits of the same bear, different in speed, intentions or sub-genres.
It is a record that must be listened to from head to toe in order to enjoy it fully: perhaps a record for no one, or rather a record for all those who, now and always, insist on seeking out what high-octane music can provide.
The release of Petricore was anticipated in mid-August by the single ‘Giorni persi’, the first song sung in Italian by Wojtek, with surprising emocore tones!
Let yourself be torn apart by the Venetian quintet’s luciferous sound, and enjoy your listening!
Listen to the first single “Giorni Persi”
TRACKLIST:
01. Hourglass
02. Dying Breed
03. Now That You are Gone
04. Giorni Persi
05. Inertia Reigns
06. Hail The Machine
