Sunday Recovery - Coma Album Review

Mirko Petrini (Vocal)
Fabio Staffieri (Guitar)
Fabio Testaferrata (Drum)
Emanuele Nazzaro (Bass)

Italian Alt / Prog Rock band Sunday Recovery were formed in 2009, and their debut album “Coma” has one them some ardent fans, amongst them Porcupine Tree’s bass player Colin Edwin. In fact Edwin is such a fan he agreed to do contribute to the tracks “In Front of You” and “Side C”. There’s an orchestral feel to some of the tracks, unsurprising given they were penned by Italy’s Gianluca Cucchiara, whose collaboration with Mirko Pertini and Fabio Staffieri lay the foundation for Sunday Recovery.

Nice vocal texture to Mirko’s voice, but there are times he just forces it just a bit too much (such as the second track “I Know Better”), but when he’s a little more relaxed there’s a tint of Chris Rea type vocal styling such as that on the oddly jazzy feeling track of “In Front of You” (despite the Dio type guitar riff midway).

There’s some nice guitar work from Staffieri, never over complicated or overpowering, precisely delivering some almost Lifeson / Petrucci type guitar riffs, and Fabio Testaferrata is totally comfortable in swinging the beat. The quartet work extremely well together, but they’re not afraid of bringing in other additional elements, case in point the lovely strings at the start of “Press Play On Tape”, with subtle complimentary acoustic guitar work.

Coma is an unusual combination, involving a number of different talents in the song writing process, but nevertheless the end result is a slick professional presentation with an overall quite melancholic vibe to it. It‘s certainly a promising debut album from Sunday Recovery.

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