When Giuliano's dad loans him a musty garage for his band to practice in, he and his friends - sardonic and ruthlessly ambitious Stefano; Alberto, who's obsessed with his father's mortality; and Alex, who collects Nazi posters - finally have a chance to cut their demo tape.
Admidst family tensions, subt;e class anxiety, and each boy's search for individuality, the frantic search to replace a blown amp lands the group in more trouble than they ever saw coming.
With luscious watercolor and nervy, elegant line work, Gipi, who may be the greatest Italian comics artist alive today, crafts stories that are at once gritty and eloquent, deceptively simple and startlingly truthful.