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Shirt: Italy 20/21 Third (The Renaissance kit)
Album: 180, Palma Violets
Thanks to @footballshirtjo on Twitter for the choices!
Now, I’m not one for stereotypes normally, but I’m finding it hard to argue that Italians aren’t the most stylish people on earth. Ferraris and Lamborghinis are the high standard that all other cars aspire to, while the likes of Versace, Prada and D&G have become bywords for high fashion. Even in history, the renaissance artists Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello were the masters of their craft that every other artist would aspire to for hundreds of years to come. Its hard to believe how they made such intricate, beautiful artwork when they were so busy fighting Shredder and the Foot Clan.
And like the Ninja Turtles, this shirt is green. Italy usually play in blue, or white when they’re away, but this shirt breaks with tradition and recalls a shirt worn by the Azzurri in just one match back in the 1950s. As fate would have it, this modern shirt has been worn in just one match too, a 2-0 win over Greece. This strip was marketed as a ‘rebirth’ kit, Italy were going to reboot after a disappointing few years of football, most notable by their absence from World Cup 2018.
Still, they came back in style, the shirt looks luxurious with gold detailing complimenting the regal looking green backdrop. Die hard Italy fans may not have been happy with the change in hue, but I’ll bet it made a lot of other national teams green with envy.
I was all set not to like this album, after all the bands name puts me in mind of Parma Violets, aka the worst sweets ever invented. They’re like eating small pills of chalk that have been dipped in your nans perfume. Luckily, the Palma Violets are more palatable.
Like every other indie band around 10 years ago they were heralded as the next big thing in a new exciting wave of British music. While they didn’t quite conquer the world, 180 is still an enjoyable, energetic, unpretentious debut. The band have (intentionally?) rough edges on the tracks but that adds to the charm. The only criticism I’d level at them is that there’s nothing really groundbreaking here, but you can’t expect every band to reinvent the wheel, it’s still an enjoyable 40 minutes.
Shirt Rating: 10/10
Album Rating: 7/10
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