Sick Tamburo

Born in Pordenone in 2007 around Gian Maria Accusani and Elisabetta Imelio, who had already been with Prozac+, Sick Tamburo belongs to an Italian alternative rock lineage where punk urgency, direct melodies and concise writing mingle with more electronic textures depending on the period. Initially noticed on the independent scene linked to La Tempesta Dischi, the band released Sick Tamburo in 2009 and then A.I.U.T.O. in 2011, before broadening its range with the EP La mia mano sola in 2012 and the albums Senza vergogna in 2014, Un giorno nuovo in 2017 and Paura e l’amore in 2019. The project rested for a long time on the dialogue between the voices and the presences of Accusani and Imelio, at the center of tense but legible music, made of clear refrains, dry or abrasive guitars and repetitive motifs. After the death of Elisabetta Imelio in 2020, Sick Tamburo continued under the impetus of Gian Maria Accusani, with Back to the Roots (Forse è l’amore) in 2021, a more straightforward rereading of its repertoire, then Non credere a nessuno in 2023. Over the years, Sick Tamburo circulated between clubs, festivals and Italian rock stages, maintaining an identity tied to transalpine indie and to a writing that treats fragilities, the body and daily tensions without emphasis.