LDV (La Dolce Vita) arrived fashionably late to the party but fully realized with their debut LP, Confessions (2024, Mold Records). Born from Udine’s post-punk underground of the early ’80s, this Italian collective spent decades simmering quietly, honing a musical language marked by artistic nuance rather than noise. Their initial EP, 1979, hinted at promise; Confessions delivered fully on that early whisper.
The Italian band’s newest single, Hide Yourself From Love, speaks volumes with understated menace. LDV meditates sharply on love’s hidden casualties: the gentle betrayals, unspoken gestures, and unintended hurts that chip away at affection until it crumbles. Frontman Sergio Cinghiale directs the track’s visuals himself, masterfully deploying the claustrophobic perspective of the Snorricam technique. Actress Nina Bigatton becomes our guide (or perhaps hostage) through this unsettling maze, her panicked expressions mirroring an internal turmoil that words alone couldn’t describe.
Cinghiale’s direction creates a visual unease: we’re trapped, tethered to Bigatton’s every anxious breath. Ambiguity coats the scenes, unclear if the threat she senses is tangible, lurking in the darkness, or merely the emotional echo of past trauma. Distorted lights chase her, reality blurring at the edges, all building to the cathartic release of a thunderstorm finale.
In the storm’s crescendo, something shifts. It’s not explained whether Bigatton’s character escapes her fears or awakens from an emotional fever dream, but the tension breaks palpably, washing clean the anxiety of the preceding chase. It’s this precise dance between the concrete and the symbolic that elevates Hide Yourself From Love into an artful reflection on vulnerability and consequence.
Watch the video for Hide Yourself From Love below:
With Hide Yourself From Love, LDV stakes their claim firmly, a matured band emerging gracefully from the long shadows of obscurity. Listen to the single below and order it here.
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