Confusional Quartet: omonimo (1980)

I know Devo used to play some sort of istrionic avant-proggish stuff before switching to their classic "wave" style, and I've always wondered how they sounded like. Well, I think they sounded pretty much as Confusional Quartet.
The style of this bizarre band from Bologna was dominated by e-piano, crunchy guitar and flamboyant synthetizers (wave sound, not the prog one). There was a strong jazzy feeling in it, but it was arranged in a demential/vintage way which still makes the music extremely funny.
Whismical, well-played, their only LP (hereby collected with their EP) stands out as one of the most emblematic traits-d'union between the prog and the post-punk eras.

Tracklist:

1. Orinoco Blues
2. Paranoia
3. Flash
4. XXX?
5. Trallá Papppá
6. Bologna Rock
7. Pensions Elastica
8. Guerra in Africa
9. Nebdo Zip
10. Beguine Sulla Luna
11. Volare
12. Swing
13. Voulez-Vous De La Canne Au Sucre?
14. Dlin Dlon Cow Boy
15. Samba Paperino
16. Plastic City Dinamic
17. Cinzano
18. 1Sigla
19. 4Sigla
20. 6Sigla
21. Pronipoti
22. Pubblicitá
23. Cos'é?
24. Moda Kermesse

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