For a band that burst onto the music scene with a home-burned CD containing Panini stickers of Serie B football teams (from which the band's name derives), followed in quick succession by their debut album ‘There's a million better bands’ (2011), you wouldn't think that the Italian name Altre di B corresponds to an energetic indie rock, contaminated by post-punk, jangle and twee pop, sung in English. And instead for Altre di B, formed as a band in high school, the international vision has always been an artistic prerogative. Thus, combining energy and a strong euphoric dimension, the result is a nervous, surprising and jubilant rock, which has taken the group around Italy, Europe and North America, participating in international festivals such as Primavera Sound, SXSW, Sziget Festival, Mondo NYC, Indie Week Toronto, Ypsigrock, Europavox, LUCFest Taiwan and Iceland Airwaves.
With the 2014 album ‘Sport’ the band landed on television thanks to the video clip featuring the former world champion goalkeeper Dino Zoff: for two seasons Altre di B became the correspondents of the television show ‘Quelli che il calcio’ supporting of their hometown team Bologna FC and their song 'Campetto' became the theme song of the Serie A basketball championship.
In the meantime, they transformed an old barn in the Bolognese countryside into a rehearsal room, which would be the birthplace of the albums ‘Miranda!’ (2017) and ‘SDENG’ (2021), the latter co-produced by Bruno Germano (Iosonouncane) and the Italian-American label WWNBB Collective (Be Forest, Brothers in Law, a/lpaca, KOKO MOON, Her Skin, Lofi Legs). The barn, which has since become a meeting point for the hardcore punk scene, is still today the place that most inspires Altre di B, working on their new album 'Zapping', out in July 2024.
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