Italian trio Materazi Future Club released their second album, THE ITALIAN JOB, on 6 November 2026 via Woodworm Publishing SRL and Universal Music Italia. Members Marco Manini, Riccardo Montanari, and Edoardo Piron blend punk, electronic, and dance influences with football iconography, creating a sound marked by raw guitars, rapid rhythms, and dub-inspired samples referencing legends such as Francesco Totti, Julio Cruz, and Igor Simutenkov. Their reputation has grown through standout performances at Sziget and MI AMI Festival, the 2024 Punkinari EP exceeding 100,000 Spotify streams, and a UEFA Champions League soundtrack for Amazon Prime Video Sport featuring the Casa Piccinini theme. Media coverage from outlets including Rolling Stone, La Gazzetta dello Sport, NSS Magazine, Esquire, Rockit, Icon Magazine, Il Venerdì di Repubblica, and BBC Radio 6, as well as Sziget 2025 and EasyJet Traveller, has accompanied collaborations with Paul Smith, Calvin Klein, Levi’s, Ray-Ban, Dr Martens, and Tacchette. Their merchandise has sold out. The album sets the stage for a European club tour, with dates in Turin, Fontanafredda, Florence, Milan, Ravenna, and Berlin.
THE ITALIAN JOB features a dynamic post-punk sound, driven by energetic instrumentals and samples from post-match interviews and live commentary. Recorded in London with Snapped Ankles producer Jake Long, the album sharpens its electronic elements while maintaining the trio’s signature three-part vocals and a UK post-punk influence. After releasing the single ‘Dio Perdona Riganò’ with Federico Russo, the project highlights seven Italian Premier League players. The lead track, ‘ZOLA (The Italian Job, Pt. 1)’, opens with a strong acoustic drum groove and a distinct post-punk guitar motif, supported by layered vocals. Lo-fi arpeggios add an electronic edge, while commentator samples enhance the mix. The four-minute track maintains high energy throughout, recalling the intensity of early-2000s heist films, and will appeal to fans of Fontaines D.C., IDLES, and Sprints.
Materazi Future Club shared: “We wrote the first draft of ‘ZOLA (The Italian Job, Pt. 1)’ here in Milan; the song sounded “smaller”; it was missing something, and we knew it. Once we went to Jake Long‘s London studio, the producer opened the project and told us, ‘That’s my idea; tell me what you think. As soon as he pressed play, we were speechless: it almost sounded like a drum ’n bass song, with an electronic bass line that made our brains shake too. From that moment, without even telling ourselves, we decided that it would be the song from our album THE ITALIAN JOB on which we would push most.”
THE ITALIAN JOB Album Tracklist:
‘Pitch (Intro)’
‘ZOLA (The Italian job, pt.1)’
‘BALOTELLI (Why always me?)’
‘CONTE (I want to see the fire)’
‘RANIERI (How on earth did that happen?)’
‘CALAFIORI (And you are fantastico)’
‘TONALI (I miss the sun)’
‘VIALLI (The Italian job, pt.2)’
‘Fever (Outro)’
Materazi Future Club’s Upcoming Tour Dates:
21 November 2026 – Glue – Florence
28 November 2026 – Biko – Milan
12 December 2026 –Bronson – Ravenna
2 April 2027 – Schokoladen – Berlin
Tickets: https://linktr.ee/TIJtour
Listen to THE ITALIAN JOB:
