Deep in space, somewhere in a spaceship, this song leads explorers beyond explorations and discoveries to find the truth. It bleeds extraordinary energy with the rush of adrenaline with a powerful performance. The strong beat directs the traditional rhythmic rock pattern with iconic punchy drums. The pacing of this song brings courage and confidence to its composition. Emotions are balanced in a way that retains the fun yet allows for depth in the message, balanced along its course. The chord progression has twists and turns that keep this song exciting and interesting till the end. Fearless distortion of a perfect tone on the incredible guitars and bass with high gain easily highlights all the best riffs and makes the theme more vibrant and dynamic.
Vocals become the centre of attention as soon as you hear them. The voice has beauty in its human imperfection and natural form, separating it from modern overly-polished commercial, excessively auto tuned vocals. Its unique tone and style will quickly hook you up and will make you sing along. But wait, there is one mighty quality in the voice that is unleashed in this song, it's the range. The voice travels across octaves touching the highest notes possible, pushing up emotions with high intensity. It is truly magical how quickly this song can find a home in your mind. The feeling of liberating yourself from boundaries, ready to make a long-distance trip through false directions and opportunities, beyond faith and beliefs, and finding the road to reality is a journey that this song will take you on.
Listen to 'Road To Universe' on Spotify.
If you enjoy 'Road To Universe', you should also definitely listen to their awesome entire album called 'Potatoes on Mars' which signifies outstanding storytelling through lyricism and music and continues the expedition of having a huge fan following.
Listen to 'Potatoes on Mars' on Spotify.
About Andrea Pizzo and the Purple Mice
The Purple Mice is a group of different artists who started to work together in a musical project around Andrea Pizzo’s voice and his idea to create a concept album about the Universe and some human deepest dreams.
POTATOES ON MARS: The project
In 2019 Andrea and Raffaella decided to gather their different natures in a common expressive project, in which they cooperate writing lyrics and music, singing and making videos. This challenge allows Andrea to conjugate both his passions, singing and stars, creating and experiencing different musical styles in multiple projects: an album of songs dedicated to planets and space explorations. It also allows Raffaella to create something new, giving voice to some of her verses and form to her creativity in a very satisfactory experience.
The musical competence, experience and artistic skills of Riccardo Morello and Roberto Tiranti give songs a deep and vibrant life, always amazing.
THE PURPLE MICE - Group members’ biographies
Andrea Pizzo was born in Albenga (SV) in 1977. He grew up close to nature and has always been interested in science and astronomy. He likes watching science-fiction movies but his greatest passion is music. He loves singing. He graduated in physics from the University of Genova and he works as a software engineer.
He is the music composer and the voice of The Purple Mice’s songs. Raffaella Turbino was born in Chiavari (GE) in 1977. She spent her childhood near the seaside where she developed her passion for adventures and exploration. She loves open-air sports, simple life and nature. She also loves reading, writing, drawing and handmade creations. She graduated in Humanities from the University of Genova and works as a teacher.
She writes the lyrics and creates drawings and paintings making songs and videos. Andrea and Raffaella are married and live in Genova with their daughter Maria Elena, who also helps to make real their artistic projects.
Riccardo Morello lives in Genova where he works as a composer and vocal coach. He’s involved in many musical projects, and he’s the singer of Il Segno del Comando, a band with a jazz-rock-prog-dark-soundtrack approach that started in Genova in 1995.
He composes melodies and plays the keyboard for The Purple Mice’s songs. Roberto Tiranti is a professional artist for many years with a lot of experience and a great music career. He’s the lead singer and bassist of Heavy/Power Italian Metal band Labyrinth.
On his repertory, there are many cooperation with many other bands, like Ken Hensley & Live Fire, Wonderworld, Mangala Vallis, New Trolls and many more.
He has also released a solo album, Sapere Aspettare and singed on some Film and Theatre Operas Soundtracks (Excalibur III - The Origins, I dieci comandamenti).
He plays all the instruments and makes musical arrangements for all of The Purple Mice’s songs.