Brevity can be a good thing, something Stormo are well aware of, cramming 11 tracks into just 22 minutes. Embracing various facets of hardcore as they do so, they stir up a variety of moods, some more affecting than others, and there’s no denying the pleasing sense of nostalgia harking back to the early ’00s that rears its head repeatedly. After the brief and pretty instrumental Tagli they roar to life with the searing Sabbia, a breakneck squall that like everything that follows is raw yet rich, and is as good as they get. They do not get stuck in one gear, and there’s a variety of tempos spread across the record, and the dreamy Talee is as affecting as the faster Bordi, and their no-nonsense approach, keeping everything brief, just makes things more ess...