Songs of Shame, by Arctic Plateau

Songs of Shame

by Arctic Plateau

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1.	Song of Shame 04:58 video	lyrics	buy track
I'm walking from place to place, as a stranger without a face, drawn in my eyes, a lot of pain, I'm even changing my name. Singing the song of shame no make-up on your face singing the song of shame. An eighties summer, rainy days. Music's like my only game I remember when you still had excuses for my pain then you're gone far away. Together with your shame Mother, your graceful face is like a mirror inside me, it’s getting late to learn to forget that shit I can't stand no more what I feel. Whatever word whatever blame whatever kind of love will always tell me something about the shame.
2.	Saturn Girl 04:56 video	lyrics	buy track
It could be a love song all my clothes...on the floor the word is out of your eyes tell me how can you be so blind? we are lonely friend, don't waste your time howl into the sky, would you understand without looking into my eyes? give me back a smile, and then you can try to die by my side Looking far enough, coming to the stars, the pain we feel for us it's our denied love Saturn.... it's so far... Tell me how far can we fly? Do you really want to be alive? Don't waste your time, trust in me, Saturn is too far Saturn is too far
3.	No Need to Understand You 04:13	lyrics	buy track
The absence of perspective is always my resource the lack of clear intentions is still yours No Need to understand you for higher peaks to climb you see, now boredom has taken all my time do you recognize my face reflected in your eyes? “Time” he said “I wasted it, I was young and fool” But time regrets to be swept away by pride Our time Embarrassed glimpses surrounded by the grace of manners and drowned by the lack of our time But time, recalls the shiny days of April when we could say it was happening in our time, in our life
4.	Dark Rising Sun 04:28	lyrics	buy track
Dear Mr X, could you please shut that mouth, I hate your voice and I hate your fake underground Don't bribe anyone, priest or politician, you will never know what it means to be here and now never believe in fairy tales never believe in a second chance ...a matter of broken hearts Hey Mr. X, I still remember when I was your dog, then remember your fear of being...an only son never believe in fairy tales never believe in a second chance the truth is all around I'm burying all my life under a dark rising sun a dark rising sun Traitors choose the option that suits their own priorities, but traitors are unable to dream, they are able to steal your dream, steal your dream, ..still your dream.... a matter of broken hearts, I'm burying all my time under a dark rising sun, Dark Rising Sun, a Dark Rising Sun, Just a matter of broken hearts
5.	We're Never Falling Down 04:16	lyrics	buy track
I fired a shot 9 mm in my heart to the ghosts inside me and now the blood so sweet on my mouth, pure ink for this song what's left is gone across the lifeline through broken glass my bloody hands two wedding rings lost in my past in your past trying to survive promise you we're never falling down
6.	The Bat 04:06 video	lyrics	buy track
ride your bat, blow your mind through darkness, again leave behind everything you want to get, never mind... never mind where you come from you might be surprised to learn something else, red candles burn your self confidence, we're nothing more than blood, in a winter coat faraway in a quiet place, walking around to the outer space foolish days, The ancient ruins of Rome inside my head ride your bat, blow your mind through darkness, again leave behind everything you want to get, never mind... never mind when you come home white plaster glows in moonlight gazing down from the bridge.. tears fall down from your eyes they are taken away by the breeze wandering souls feed poetry, let me bleed, please suddenly the eye of the moon through the trees...
7.	L'Arsenale 01:11		buy track
8.	Venezia 05:05	lyrics	buy track
That's what I've found in Venice’s arsenal let’s join together with the ancient Carnival steam boats in the Mid-Century I wonder where is my enemy and I'm proud of my history, now don't let me down, Time is passing by Bella said to me accept my apologies it's so easy to say goodbye while I'm singing from the bottom of the sea that's what I've found in Venice’s Arsenal let’s join together with the ancient Carnival she's walking alone on Rialto bridge loosing faith and our gravity Bella said to me accept my apologies it's so easy to say goodbye while I'm singing from the bottom of the sea she's walking alone on Rialto bridge we're losing faith and our gravity
9.	One Way Street 04:10	lyrics	buy track
Spleen.. I can't hide my own blindness surrounded by your light (and he was) tired, of the everlasting time tired, again flying high Dream... typical way of dying... ...unreal action (and I was) tied to an ancient kind of life tired again flying high Well, I am gone beyond the wall, where we didn't even need to go back home I'm burning alone fragile heart of stone just a one way street on your direction.
10.	Red Flowers 04:39	lyrics	buy track
everywhere and every time, I should be happy to be alive says Jesus Christ, and I believe in what I see I’m taking place inside your crazy dreams where have I gone?! have you ever been through your fire, healing wounds alone? falling tears of blood from red flowers dried by my words losing my own control just the feel of time we had, it will save us again have you ever been through your fire, healing wounds alone? falling tears of blood from red flowers dried by my words where have I gone?! crucified together with my fear I have to run I want to disappear how could it be? how could it be?
11.	Chlorine (Bonus Track) 03:12		buy track

about

Emerging from an eight-year hiatus, songwriter Gianluca Divirgilio brings his darkest and most introspective thoughts to light with Arctic Plateau’s Songs of Shame. Thought by some to be have seen its final days, Arctic Plateau instead became a vehicle for Divirgilio to battle his demons; to chronicle struggle, self-doubt, pain, disillusion, and guilt, and ultimately to allow his scars to take form as Songs of Shame. In doing so he has returned with an album of intimate and powerful performances that serve as the first steps toward a healing that has been decades in the making.
A series of impressions drawn from Divirgilio’s own experiences in the time since the band’s last release The Enemy Inside, this record is a compendium of lost love, missed opportunity, crestfallen remorse, and lasting trauma, self-inflicted and otherwise. It is a deeply personal record that often points its finger at the mirror and winces as it’s reflected back. But in its complex self-exploration it also gains life as a living document affording the artist an opportunity to turn the page, and by accord provides its audience safe space to look to the darkness within, feel the emotion freely, and eventually discover a path through.
The compositions on Songs of Shame mirror the duality of its themes, utilizing the disarmingly upbeat aesthetics of post-punk to balance the often-grim themes contained within the lyrics. They draw from the stark self-reproach of proto-goth, the bare honesty of singer-songwriter music, and the enigmatic sparkle of post-punk to create a strikingly memorable sonic landscape for the listener. Focusing these laments through the lens of something far brighter and more buoyant sows the seeds of healing in a manner that would be far less affecting were they represented in a parallel, dirge-like manner.
While the themes center around the many ghosts that haunt us, it is the music that makes them corporeal and affords the opportunity to create tangible separation, and that is ultimately an act of joy that befits the spirited expression witnessed in the songwriting itself. Songs of Shame is an album that channels sadness and exhibits a tortured soul lay bare, but there is a formidable maturity in its honesty and triumph in its catharsis, giving it the dual quality of lifting the listener up while acknowledging the daunting weight of carrying sorrows through the years.

credits

released December 3, 2021

Gianluca Divirgilio - Vocals, Guitars, Synth, Backing Vocals
Fabio Fraschini - Electric Bass, Backing Vocals on "We're Never Falling Down"
Dario Vero - Guitars
Massimiliano Chiapperi - Drums

Desiree Infascelli – Accordion on Venezia, L' Arsenale, Chlorine
Simona Ferrucci (Winter Severity Index) - Vocals on No Need to Understand You
Carlo di Tore Tosti - Electric Bass on The Bat

Recorded by Fabio Fraschini , Gianluca Divirgilio, Dario Vero at PlayRec Studio.
Mixed and Produced by Gianluca Divirgilio at Arctic Plateau Studio. Mastering by Filippo Strang at VDSS Recording Studio.
Photos by Federico A. Cutuli.
Copywriting by David Zeidler - Young Epoch.
Packaging by Matteo Coppola Neri - Shunu Records.

All music and lyrics by Gianluca Divirgilio.

Special Thanks to:
Paola Flenghi, Shunu Records & Matteo Coppola Neri, Alberto Checcacci, Federico Guglielmi, Filippo Strang (VDSS Studio), Stefano Micarelli, Massimo Fedeli, Andrea Avena, Valerio Silvestro, Manuel Consigli, Federico Antonio Cutuli, Marco & Paolo Soellner (Klimt1918), Andrea Sperduti (Modern Stars), Carlo Di Tore Tosti, Marco Gargiulo & Christian (Metaversus PR), Serena Renzi (Teatro degli Audaci), Massimiliano Chiapperi, Fabio Fraschini (Playrec Studio), Dario Vero, Rudy Gentile, Gustavo Tagliaferri, Neige (Alcest), Fursy Teyssier (Les Discrets), Prophecy Productions, Jan Curtis, Curt Smith & Roland Orzabal, Stuart Braithwaite, Robert Smith, Jim Kerr, Mark Hollis.

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Arctic Plateau - this is the nom de plume of Gianluca Divirgilio, an Italian musician with an incredible sense for epic arrangements and song structures whose first recordings offer timeless music between the poles of Post Rock, Shoegaze and Indie. Gianluca himself describes the compositions of Arctic Plateau as 'explicitly dreamed music'. ... more

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