RUSH!
*RUSH!* is the third album from the Italian rock band and the first since lighting up the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest with their unexpected win. Since that victory, Måneskin has become a worldwide pop sensation, with their swaggering rock-star personas and catchy yet gritty songs helping them carve out a distinctive niche in the musical landscape. *RUSH!*, which features behind-the-scenes work from pop architects like Max Martin and Rami Yacoub, comes at the end of a whirlwind 18 months for the four-piece that included collaborations with Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello (who appears on the *RUSH!* track “GOSSIP”) and Iggy Pop as well as chart success. “It’s incredible to think what’s happened in only one year and a half after everything completely changed in our lives,” bassist Victoria De Angelis says. In some ways, the period since Eurovision has been business as usual for Måneskin, who embarked on their first North American headlining tour in 2022. “We feel good because we’ve been touring the whole year,” says drummer Ethan Torchio. “So, now the machine is very well-oiled—everything comes easier than normal for us. In general, we’ve always enjoyed playing live a lot because we feel like it’s the cherry on top of all the work that we’ve done.” But *RUSH!* represents a new chapter for the band, with stylistic shifts that show how their pop savvy is complemented by a bone-deep love of rock and all its trappings. “There’s a lot of variety compared to our previous records,” De Angelis notes. “Instead of starting from the center and trying to \[spin\] out from it, we started from four different places, which are our four individualities,” adds lead vocalist Damiano David. De Angelis says that being generous with her bandmates’ artistic idiosyncrasies made for a more exciting studio process that included added risk-taking—all of which, in the end, added up to a first-class album. “It’s better if we embrace our differences—even if someone has a different taste in a direction I might not be the first fan of,” she says. “Same goes for them. It’s better to embrace all our differences and give space to everyone to express themselves and be happy and be represented by the record. That’s why we had to really open our minds and challenge our boundaries: Some things we do, we would never have done without each other.”
The Italian rock band has become a global sensation. Their new album is absolutely terrible at every conceivable level.
Måneskin's signature swagger and theatricality is present throughout RUSH!, but there are moments of vulnerability and lamentation that add depth in all the right places
The Italian band cap off a whirlwind period by sticking to their guns in the face of industry bluster and interference. Read the NME review
With the band’s fame in Italy assured, this ambitious third album is their grandstanding attempt to conquer the rest of the world
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Måneskin don’t waste any time trying to claim the throne on 'Rush!' – they already know it’s theirs.
Italian rock band continue to prove their 2021 Eurovision triumph was only the beginning
Discover Rush! by Måneskin released in 2023. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
On Rush! Måneskin continuously prove that outcasts deserve a good time, and they are here to give it to us.
Måneskin live and breathe rock music. It’s easy to point to the Italian group – with their model-thin waists, cheek-bones you could cut glass with, and
The Eurovision winners’ third LP boasts gleaming production values and nuanced songs, but tries to tick too many boxes
The Italian quartet prove themselves sharp operators with an infectiously enthusiastic record inspired by a grab-bag of influences
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Third album from Italian rockers has energy and charisma wedged into English-language songs
Maneksin: Rush - Raucous, gritty Roman rockers - the Arts Desk album review. By Tim Cumming