Dopoguerra is the second full-length album

Album

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 by Italian

Italy

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 alternative rock

Alternative rock

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 band Klimt 1918

Klimt 1918

-Biography:Klimt 1918 was started in 1999 by brothers Marco and Paolo Soellner, after the split of their former band, Another Day . Marco's newly discovered love for bands like The Cure, Bauhaus and Joy Division, led him to incorporate new influences in his songwriting...

. It was released in 2005 on the German label, Prophecy Productions

Prophecy Productions

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, which gave the band exposure outside their home country.

Compared to the band's previous effort, Undressed Momento

Undressed Momento

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, Dopoguerra features a much lighter sound, losing a great amount of gothic metal

Gothic metal

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 influences to venture into a more post-rock

Post-rock

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 and new wave

New Wave music

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 influenced style.

Track listing

1. "_" – 1:17
2. "They Were Wed By The Sea" – 4:36
3. "Snow Of '85" – 4:38
4. " Rachel
   Rachel Corrie
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   " – 4:57
5. "Nightdriver" – 5:55
6. "Because Of You, Tonight" – 3:57
7. "Dopoguerra (Postwar)" – 3:29
8. "La Tregua (The Truce)" – 3:39
9. "Lomo" – 3:49
10. "Sleepwalk In Rome" – 5:30

Luxus Edition Digipak

The limited edition comes in a digipak with an additional bonus disc, featuring two unreleased tracks ("Never Ever" and "Cry A Little" and several new versions of album tracks with different titles:

1. "They Were Wed By The Sea (rarefied)" – 8:17
2. "Never Ever" – 4:30
3. "Yanqui Girl In Rafah" – 5:17
4. "Cry A Little" – 4:56
5. "Driving At The End Of The Night" – 4:04
6. "Sleepwalk In Rome (Chaos/Order remix)" – 14:01

Personnel

• Marco Soellner — vocals, guitar
• Alessandro Pace
  Alex Vega
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   — guitar
• Davide Pesola— bass
• Paolo Soellner — drums
• Francesco Sosto — keyboards on tracks 1,3,5,6 and on all bonus tracks
• Fabiola Pereira — cello on bonus tracks 1,2