It will be the Soviets the headliners of theINDIETIAMO Festival in Sassocorvaro (PU), the festival that also for its fifth edition, scheduled Saturday 27 August, aims to bring together the best of Italian independent music on one stage. Thus continues the Nice - Summer, Jesus Tour of the Pesaro-based trio, who are celebrating the reissue of their first two studio efforts, the EP Summer, Jesus (Tannen Records, 2011) and Nice (Tannen Records, 2011). After performing on winter stages in Switzerland, Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Croatia, Portugal and Italy, the Soviets continue their summer journey along our Peninsula, which in July also brought them to share the stage with Black Mountain e Diaphragm and in August will see them opening for the Foals to theAMA Music Festival in Asolo (TV).
Below is the calendar of upcoming dates, which is constantly being updated:
23.08 ASOLO (TV), AMA Music Festival - Opening for Foals
27.08 SASSOCORVARO (PU), INDIETIAMO Festival
10.09 CARNATE (MB), Pork'n'Roll
I Soviets were born in 2008 on the Adriatic coast of Pesaro and are formed by Andrea Giometti (vocals and bass), Alessandro Costantini (guitar) and Alessandro Ferri (drums). They began to gain notoriety in 2009 with a handful of self-produced singles and a long tour, which led to the publication of their works Summer, Jesus e Nice and later the first studio album Faireleased on 11 November 2013 on the American label Felte.
Post-punk could be an easy adjective to attribute to the genre of the SovietsBut the band also tries to channel itself into horizons such as coldwave and art-punk, escaping the strictest definitions to create a sound that is both fresh and sophisticated.