Primo - Sogni

Primo are a quartet from Melbourne writing up-tempo, terse, chorus and verse with two guitars, bass, drums and a shared group vocal sensibility to adorn their enquiries into deconstructed punk. Their songs chime and charm, sounding at times bountiful, at others brittle, always buoyant with attention to detail. Primo songs are inquisitive, chasing down questions for answers hurrying away, amidst minimalist shuffle beats and ringing out chords. The group’s debut album ‘Amici’ (2018) was a triumph of the underplayed, its small details pulling focus, allowing the album to treat us to unexpected truths in plain sight. Primo's newest member since ‘Amici’ was recorded is Amy Hill, who also plays in Terry and Constant Mongrel, on bass. Outside of Primo, Xanthe and Violetta both have lent their guitar skills to Terry and The Shifters respectively, whilst Suzanne works in film.

Sogni from the Italian for ‘dreams’,  is their second album prudent delights.  Using the same musical lexicon and internal logic developed through their debut, Sogni reflects on themes of decision making, change, time, heartbreak, the practicalities of work and daily life. The songs came together as a way of making sense of the times -offering a way through. Tracks were demoed quickly by early 2019, then developed collectively through the year in the rehearsal room, played live and finally recorded onto 8-track in late 2019 by Al Montfort, in a number of home studios across Melbourne. Vocal duties were largely shared throughout the record, which has the same post punk sensibility and minimal approach as in previous recordings, but here imbued now with electronic flourishes and expanded instrumentation that sees Primo’s sound growing bolder.

Indies Only Edition LP is on opaque orange vinyl

1. Things To Do
2. Perfect Paper
3. Machine
4. Best And Fairest
5. Comedy Show
6. Love Days
7. 1000 Words
8. Rolling Stone
9. Diamond Days
10. Present
11. Up In The Air
12. Reverie