INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND

Barely existing since 2020, Torre di Fine is a three-piece band from Venice playing mellow tunes influenced by shoegaze, post-rock and slowcore. The usual stuff you can expect from the sad north of Italy. We formed after a late work shift, after sharing 5+ yrs of shared job comradery and passion for similar musical styles. We rehearsed and recorded our first three releases in a dingy apartment on the decaying industrial outskirts of Italy, far from shiny beaches and rose-tinted tourist traps. We always used Torre di Fine as a valve, a safe place to escape from the neverending loop that is modern routine, work culture and a way to come out of our cluttered emotional shells.

As of today TdF is made by:

• Marco (guitar, electronics, general songwriting)
• Matteo (bass, electronics)
• Ginger (drums, good tastes)

Torre di Fine (badly translatable as Tower of End) is the name of an extremely small town close to Venice, almost abandoned today after the 80s foreign tourism culture ended abruptly.

MUSICAL IDENTITY

We come from very different backgrounds and combine them in a weird mix of shoegaze, post rock and slowcore. We aim at pushing a lot of genre boundaries during production, trying to move away from the plastic formula that is prominently strangling the current styles. Simplifying our thoughts, it means live drumming, strong uses of noise layering, electronics recorded through amplifiers. We think these genres were made to be enjoyed in live sweaty rooms and it doesn't make sense to fine tune every detail.

In general terms our writing style is a continuous bounceback of versions and ideas, there's no real scheme we follow and all skeletons come out of the blue. There's never been a moment where we sat down and said to ourselves "let's write a song".

CURRENT WORK

Our last work is called Ep2.

Not fancy, we know. It follows our continuous departure from the modern music communication standards, as we stray out of the hateful pattern (plastic press pictures, plastic interviews, plastic press releases, etc) that we feel is taking away a lot of focus from sound and its experience.

On a conceptual level, Ep2 follows up from our previous outing (Girl on the Shore, 2023) as a reflection on 'afters', on what's left when a climax ends and movie credits roll out. It's four tracks, recorded without much interference or reworking. Saturated and warm, like a summer's end. Technically speaking we challenged ourselves to strip out every moment of rearrangement and afterthought; tracks were recorded as first envisioned, with lots of freeform moments. It's also the first time we asked for some consistent help with vocals (cheers to Bex) since these songs called for a higher register.

PROMOTION & ENGAGEMENT

We are happy for every single compliment and piece of feedback we get, but we couldn't care less about the contemporary music communication scheme. Our appreciation goes out to everyone who writes even a single word about us or listens to one of our songs, they will always be the spearhead of our thoughts. We don't care about the promotion game, the numbers race, or any blank paragraph lifted straight from a press release. We intentionally keep press photos to a minimum. Use pictures of the beautiful Adriatic riviera if you need.

It's not a matter of jealousy or an attempt to disparage the people working in the industry, rather a rebuttal of fake relationships, circular economies, and hypocrisy. The truth is, we'd rather have five genuine conversations than a thousand empty interactions. Chasing metrics has never made a song sound better, and it never will. We value honest discussions so much that we feel our time should only be spent there.

We welcome any kind of chitchat or hate mail through our Instagram page (@torre_di_fine).

ADDITIONAL INSIGHTS

Press collaterals (including EPK and pictures) here:
https://shorturl.at/uFlNy