Dear Shelter is an acoustic duo from Aprilia. Just a few days ago, they released their first album, It’s Okay To Cry A Little, on Bandcamp, recorded in December at the VDSS Studio of Filippo Passamonti in Ceprano. The album features nine of the many songs sketched out over the past year and a half, recorded with a minimalist approach, open to the acceptance of unexpected moments and imperfections dictated by a live recording.
The band was formed after years of musical inactivity for both members. Marco (vocals and guitar) previously sang in Oktopus Provance, a stoner band characterized by a strong jazz-influenced drumming style; Tiziano (guitar) has played in various indie formations, typically leaning towards powerpop. The idea to play together came from their shared passion for American folk music from the ’60s and its subsequent reinterpretations. Rather than being preceded by singles, the album will be available online, accompanied by a full-length music video that runs for the entire duration of the tracklist.
The video will be avialable from Friday, Febraury 7th, but you can wach it here on exclusive premiere!

What they say:” The idea of creating a “total” music video came to us because we remembered that Bright Eyes did something similar years ago for The People’s Key.
The video was shot one morning in the woods of Bassiano (a mountain town in the area, known for its ham production) and edited the same evening. Filming there was also a way to narrate a part of our territory, with its nature, which has somehow influenced our music and shaped our sound.
We had the idea to build a survival shelter, taking inspiration from the name of the band, which, to be honest, was decided only after we had recorded the album.
The video is very simple, full of emotion and intention, natural and direct, with a fixed camera, a way of emphasizing the essence of our music. In general, we wanted to distance ourselves from all the processes considered necessary in music production in the digital age. We want to avoid as much as possible corrections, edits, or any form of postproduction, in order to return to the idea of recording as a documentation of something happening for real. We also plan to perform live, introducing random elements, to create something that happens only in that moment, stepping away from the logic of over-documentation that defines our time.“

The Album:

It’s Ok To Cry A Little is out now on Bandcamp. Look Here for more information on Dear Shelter