Italian indie rock outfit ONCEWERESIXTY presents “Don’t Get Stuck“, the first taste of the album Loco Sunset Boulevard / Ghetto Blast Noise Machine. This 8-track offering they call “weird psych folk pop” is structured in two parts as a double EP, to be released on CD and vinyl.
ONCEWERESIXTY was founded by Marco Lorenzoni (guitars, vocals and keyboards) and Luca Sella (drums, guitar and vocals), who began collaborating in 2001 via their old band MR60. The band is rounded out by Enrico Grando (keyboards and saxophone), who joined the band shortly after their 2021 release The Flood, a concept album about the consciousness of the insignificance of humans against the force of nature, and a society bent on self-destruction.
Over the past three years, this double EP took form at Villa Albrizzi Marini, a magical place in the Venice countryside hills en route to the Alps. ONCEWERESIXTY set up their studio on this 1400-villa property, owned by the Armenian Church. Marco Lorenzoni explains, “The Villa – an ongoing project of urban regeneration via art activism – is absolutely inspiring and amazing, and we’re glad to be part of it. Onceweresixty and our own label Uglydog Records have always been at the forefront of promoting the arts, supporting artists and creating social connections. This is our little Warhol Factory in the countryside.”
Describing their own music as “weird psych folk pop”, Onceweresixty draws their roots back to an ancient tale about the ghost of a beatnik biker living in a broken toy keyboard. “Sometimes he takes control of our minds and makes us play strange weird songs,” says Lorenzoni, who continues to tell the tale of the band’s origin.
“Don’t Get Stuck” is available everywhere digitally, and the double EP Loco Sunset Boulevard / Ghetto Blast Noise Machine will be released on March 22, is available for pre-order directly from the artist via Bandcamp.
