Testarossa is the first album by Italian screamo band MEO, a sports car thrown full throttle towards a cliff, a screamo assault that teeters hysterically on the edge between implosion and explosion, it falters and stumbles but remains upright and continues to run unabated. The album covers the fundamental themes of the genre, including life, death and love. The only odd exception is the title track, dedicated to a distant and now unreachable friend. A work in which the fatalistic pessimism of a black and white vision is hindered by the eagerness of a biting, limitless youth. MEO are lonely and independent stray cats in search of food and love, like small felines who feel like tigers but don’t mind a few cuddles. The violent outbursts that introduce the album open up to more melanchol...