Intro

No easy way out when the life is falling,
when waste your time and nothing change,
and you wonder if you are alone,
if you'd still fight or let you go,
in the darkest hole,
look up look up! is not the end,
stand up stand up! what do you pretend?
and you wonder if you are alone,
if you'd still fight or let you go,
in the darkest hole,

I don't care what you think of me,
keep out from my useless things, 
you say i'm a weirdo and a stupid son,
this is what you've done,

Now i fell so wrong, as a frustrating hope,
hey you boy come,do you know?
that who falls can stand up again,
and can realize another plan,
now i'll go mad,
look out look out!you're in balance,
now wait now wait!between life and death,
and you wonder if you are alone,
if you'd still fight or let you go,
in the darkest hole,

Dance.

There's nothing else but dancing

People don't know how to live in this days,
speak walk dream are useless things anyway,
and you that live on your own,
you're not aware that the world is changing but i know,

Lay on my back i watch inside my heart,                              
lay on my back you shouldn't be so far,		       
listen!listen!my eyes are fading away,
hearing the rain beat on my head,                              

I know how to live in silence,
when everyone everytime go to the wrong way and then fall again,
i need a place to hide,
beacause who throw seeds in wind will flourish the sky,

falling down,
i can't see you again.

Lay on my back

Take me out tonight,
‘cause only god knows what will happen tonight,
and i look the lights go fast,
and i know who hold the truth,
breath the night,

Never let you go,
never let you fall,
I'm going to trust you,

take me out tonight,
and no more steps will carry me out to shine,
while i was driving in my car,
i got a lack of understand,
fill the night,

I will let you go,
I'm going to trust you.

Night Lights

I wanna try to throw my life away,
I can't stay here anymore,
would you be pleased to come with me?
we will never stop,
and no one will make us suffer again,

I couldn't stay alone in the dark,
we have to find our way,
would you be there when I'll be sinked?
you are my doubt,
and no one will find me alive.

Pleased

Love is a perversion,
go on have a reaction,
lover is a pervert,
he's just his own violation,

you all make me laugh,
because you think sex is elation's top,
animals,
feel it is like love's dagger,
which rends the dignity's corpse,
animals,

pleasure is obsession,
it's our destination,
welfare is illusion,
is nothing but a fiction,

you all think i'm good,
and you won't get all your desires true,
anymore,
you absorbe all the lifeblood,
this is the way things are,
in the world.

Animals

I try to give you,
a sign that's over,
this suffering,

she said your sound changed my existence,

a night to give you,
a sense for this gap,
that's burying me,

she said a night is more than an existence,

lack of sense,
could it take me to know my guest?
throw the chance,
I can't i'll do my best,

it's like a shiver,
crossing my forehead,
confusion no symmetry,

she claims that time could have no patience,

a day to pass by,
look at my footsteps,
this challenge it's over,

she claims that mind doesn't need sensations.

Lack of Sense

Try, play, 
you'll see you'll love it,
I found, the way,
roll the dice,
she doesn't need love and passion,
everything here is desecration,
c'mon stupid have fun,

I want you bind me,
because i've never tried it before,

breath, strip,
I know you like it,
stand, up, do you resist it?
she doesn't need love and passion,
everything here is desecration,
c'mon you'll be my sex toy,

because we live in a ill society

Bind Me

I live the ethereal eclipse,
slide through my biggest weakness,
the sound of waves shatter on the cliff,
like my head against the questions wall,

Insane love makes me sick,
now I see the future falling down,
if only rain could wash my sin,
I would swim forever in the ocean.


Ocean

Watch "Drowning Boulevard" official video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie6Z_hOaHLU

You want to stay on the right side ,
You want to live blessed from your lord,
You want to find perfection,
You wonder if i mean the crap surround us,

Don't take me away,
I'll get what I want to stay away,
In a drowning boulevard,

I want to stay on the left side,
I watch these clouds coming from the storm,
I'm waiting now for the hail,
I'm feeling pleasure in the roar of thunder,

Drown in this endless desire,
We are eternal aesthetes of lust,
This is what we deserve,
This is what we deserve and go on,

Drowning Boulevard

Listen to our new work just released "Pop Culture"!
for more information -> https://www.facebook.com/hollyhocksindie

The Hollyhocks are an Italian band who formed in Turin in 2009. The band's debut work is "A place to hide" EP, released by TDMC Records on 2nd May 2011.
Their first studio album "Pop Culture" was released in Turin (IT) on 11th September 2012.
Formed by Mattia Pafundi (guitar/vocals/keys),Gianluca Sivieri (drums),Gianluca Ariotti (guitar/keys) and Giorgio Rinaldi (bass).
The Hollyhocks musical style has been described as dark yet uplifting, drawing comparisons to Joy Division, Depeche Mode, White Lies and New Order.
Sounds “The Hollyhocks” proposes are very particular: by one side the always more inflated rediscovery of the synthetics of the 80s and on the other side, the taste for daring and creative sound contamination. In particular the use of synthesizers deviates towards electronic sounds where the elegant analogical structures intertwine with the characteristic rhythms of the modern Indie scene. The New Wave influence is quite noticeable and the wide use of the effects of the guitars points towards Shoegaze. A particularly dark nature seems to characterize the way of writing of the band where the surreality of the texts and the uneasiness, which is marked in some passages, are clear recollections of Post – Punk. However the image is very close to the chic-minimal of New York underground scene with the style, as a complementary element to the music. Their concerts are an adrenalin rush characterize by the use of strobe lights, which tries to completely engage the viewer and turns a simple live concert into a total show.

After months of attempting to perfect its sound, the band played many lives in Turin and also around Italy. They won a lot of competitions and boasts many interviews on webradios worldwide.
In May 2011 the band released its debut EP "A place to hide".
With generally positive reviews and feedback, specially in Europe and central/south America, the band published their first video on Youtube "Absinthe", main track of the work.
After this little success the band decided to work on their first studio album and began to write new songs.
Meanwhile the band updated a live video, performing "Anthem for burnt youth" at Lapsus,Turin.
On 21st February 2012 it was confirmed that The Hollyhocks were recording their first album with the producer Giulio Placano.
The band provided the public with an update:"something is happening".
Two months later the band announced on the official website that they had already recorded nine songs and that the record will be released after summer. They added :"the sound of new work will be very electronic, dark and strong. It does not last long, about half an hour, but these 30 minutes will be meaningful. The album represents the essence of the band and we're very proud of this" and explained:"Something is happening is not the album name, maybe it will have no one, or all the names you want".
Afterwards the band updates on the web the official tracklist of new work.
During the summer the album was mastering in London and a short video was released to present the new upcoming work called "Pop Culture".
On 11th October was published the album cover with the collaboration of N.V. Karajan, J. Elevator and Valentina Miele.
One week later the first video "Drowning Boulevard" was released, shot in Sardinia (IT), which anticipated the album release.
On 27th November The Hollyhocks presented Pop Culture with a live session at Astoria, Turin. After the release party, came out a live video of that night while the band is performing "Animals".
After some troubles inside the band, Paolo Gallicchio decided to give up the project and The Hollyhocks remained with 3 components.
Pop Culture was positively received by critics and italian webzines, who noted the strong 80's influence on the sound of the band. 
Some tracks of this album are available in free listening on Soundcloud.
They are currently working with a Dj on some new material which may either be part of a bootleg. One of the chosen song will probably be "Night Lights".

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