Fortunato
‘Don’t Stick
Around’
Self-released
Although only 22
minutes in duration, Fortunato’s new EP “Don’t Stick Around” is a complete
artistic statement, packed with emotional moments and sideswiping climaxes. The
four-song set is like a dark body of water electrified by a ray of indigo light
shining down. Although no longer in the band, vocalist Alexandra Wendt adds
beautiful, heart-wrenching melodies to the music here. The EP is highly
relatable, with songs about love and longing, being young, and growing up fast.
Musically, drummer
Jacob LoMaglio splashes into breakdowns that surge out to guitarists Curtis
Matteson and Jay Hewitt, and the sound is sent
rippling toward Tommy LoMaglio’s bass lines. While the current feels calmly
meditative in the song “Jacob’s Lullaby,” don’t stop to relax for too long, or
you’ll be rocked off your boat by sudden dynamic changes in “I Can Hold My
Breath Forever.” Fortunato floods your ears with another masterpiece of ambient
droplets in an ocean of sound waves.
This article appears in Oct 24-30, 2018.
