With “Verso casa“, Francesco Del Vecchio (“F.“), the mind behind Taur-Im-Duinath, carves a path into the depths of the soul, exploring the essence of “home” as a concept that eludes simple definition. “Home”. What, truly, is “home”? Is it the place we’re born and return to, or is it wherever we find the freedom to fully be ourselves? This album arrives with an answer to that question.
For F., no concept is too obscure or hard to grasp. This depth was felt in his past albums, and with “Verso casa”, it resonates even more powerfully.
The cover artwork for “Verso casa”
© Taur-Im-Duinath. Art direction and layout: M.
Track-by-Track Exploration
The album starts with “Vento errante“, a song meant to sweep you into the album with a breeze that soon turns into a whirlwind. The riffs are gentle yet intense, shifting like errant winds across mountainsides. Each melody trails off into the next with a sense of relentless movement, giving the feeling of wandering with no fixed destination. It’s a poetic and poignant start, where guitar and ambient undertones fuse seamlessly to embody the restlessness at the heart of this album.
The night takes center stage in “Madre notte” a track that feels like a descent into shadowed mysteries. Here, Taur-Im-Duinath channels the quieter, darker forces of nature—whispering winds and starlit silences—, as the melodies sway between haunting tranquility and brooding aggression. The contrast between soft, almost meditative sections and crescendos of roaring guitars captures the duality of night: both as a place of peace and as an echo chamber of hidden fears.
“Ritorno” offers a more reflective tone, as if retracing familiar landscapes long forgotten. The track begins with gentle acoustic strings, which then yield to a powerful, layered melody that is both comforting and intense. This piece feels like looking back at past places and experiences, re-evaluating what “home” has meant all along. It’s both sorrowful and affirming, embodying the bittersweet nature of memory.
The shortest track on the album, “Impermanenza” distills the theme of fleeting moments into a concise, potent piece. It speaks of transience and ephemerality, with delicate riffs and mournful undertones. The music seems to ebb and flow like time itself, delivering a sense of both urgency and acceptance. This song’s brief, intense nature feels like a reminder of life’s fragility, something that can’t last yet still resonates deeply.
“L’ultima neve” is as cold and vast as its name implies. In this track, F.’s compositions feel like they’re describing a harsh winter landscape, with the guitar evoking both the beauty and isolation of snow-covered mountains. The music builds gradually, layers of sound enveloping the listener, suggesting both the beauty and the inevitable melting of snow—a powerful metaphor for transient beauty and the cycles of nature.
Concluding the album is “Maree” an epic track that mirrors the tidal forces hinted at in its title. Waves of intense guitar riffs swell and crash, giving this final piece a powerful, almost cathartic energy. It is both chaotic and harmonizing, as if the journey has led to some elusive answer or peace. In the end, the tides withdraw, leaving a stillness, as if to mark the end of one chapter and the beginning of another.
Final Words
Each track on “Verso casa”, recorded, mixed and mastered at Blackness Sound Studio by Rocco Minichiello in the spring of 2023, feels like a chapter in a story that’s as personal as it is universal, exploring questions of place, memory, and belonging. From the wandering winds of “Vento errante” to the tidal swells of “Maree”, F. has crafted an album that resonates with both intensity and introspection. The journey is both serene and tumultuous, leading everyone who listens to it through landscapes of night, memory, and nature’s cycles, all in search of an answer to the question: “What, truly, is «home»?”.
So, after listening to this album, do you know where your home is? Or has “Verso casa” inspired you to keep searching, somewhere between the physical and the spiritual?
Tracklist
“Vento errante” [07:53];
“Madre notte” [07:35];
“Ritorno” [07:29];
“Impermanenza” [05:28];
“L’ultima neve” [06:35];
“Maree” [09:06].
Get in Touch with Taur-Im-Duinath
Bandcamp: https://taur-im-duinath.bandcamp.com/album/verso-casa;
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7dgi3EqrPUQJCCGWqvcivx;
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taurimduinath;
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taurimduinath.music/.
