“Exaggerated”, “modern”, “ridiculous”: the new Maneskin album according to Rolling Stone

The first review of Rush!the new album by Maneskin scheduled for January 20, is signed David Browne and was published on Rolling Stone, the historic American magazine. “For them, as for other modern rock bands, punk is a blend of chants, beats that sound like the programmed ones, a sound that seems to rumble in a wind tunnel. Sometimes it turns out an irresistibly catchy number like Baby Said or Gossipwith guest Tom Morello on guitar. It gets even better when Måneskin revitalize the lost art of ironic, half-spoken new wave song, as in the humorously mocking kool kids (who are losers “who don’t like rock, they only listen to trap or pop”) and in Bla Bla Bla where David sings, “You said I’m ugly and my band sucks, but a song of mine just passed a billion streams, so kiss my cu-cu-cu-cu-cu-cu-ass.”

The review concludes as follows: “Given the mocking and alluring tone of Damiano’s song, it’s difficult to say how seriously the Måneskin take these ridicule. Certainly, the best moments are the exaggerated ones, while the most sincere ones are the weakest. If Not for You is a power ballad like many others, The Gift of Life is heated grunge. The point may just be the ridiculousness of much of Rush!. In a world dominated by trap and pop, the Måneskin know they have to go further and further, even if it means advertising in a text to OnlyFans. It’s confirmation of how much rockers have to bang these days to get noticed.”