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THE COUNT OF THE OUTSKIRTS<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The fourth Particle Collapse concept album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Available October 5, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two lives. Ten songs. One story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story has begun!<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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The Count of The Outskirts<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Punk, alternative rock and beyond<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Punk and alternative rock form the backbone, but each song changes shape with the story: from intimate passages to raw outbursts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Autobiography meets Monte Cristo<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

An autobiographical story refracted through The Count of Monte Cristo: love, imprisonment, lost identities, transformation, the sea, and a return to the surface.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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We already know the beginning and the end<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lost in Le Panier came first, before it became clear that it would be the ending of a larger story. I Sold Her Sea became its beginning. The eight songs in between are shaping the journey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Before The Count of the Outskirts<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Things I Never Said<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The things left unspoken: grief, love, guilt, parenthood, and the distance between who we are and who we thought we would become. The first album weaves personal confession into social unease, raising a question that runs through Particle Collapse: what remains of us when the identities we have built begin to fall apart?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Mirror and The Machine<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seven deadly sins run through algorithms, consumption, anger, and the need for recognition. Then the gaze turns inward: what seemed like an accusation against the world becomes a confession. The second album turns the machine into a mirror. It was never only outside us.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Generation Funeral<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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A funeral for the person we thought we would become. The third album moves through grief and the compromises of adulthood, through routine, exhaustion, and a fading sense of self. It closes with Unfinished: losing the old version of ourselves may be the first step towards beginning again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Inside Particle Collapse<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Particle Collapse is Luca Ferretti\u2019s independent music project. Punk and alternative rock meet autobiography, literature, and social criticism: each album begins with a personal question and explores it through a story.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Life as a starting point<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Grief, love, guilt, identity, and the compromises of adulthood. These songs grow out of what changes us and the words that often come only afterwards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Albums as stories<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Each record builds a journey. Songs become chapters that speak to one another: an image returns, a perspective shifts, the ending calls the beginning into question.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Looking inward, looking outward<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Personal stories meet the world that shapes them: social expectations, consumption, algorithms, and belonging. The narrative moves constantly between what we experience and what influences us.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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DISCOVER PARTICLE COLLAPSE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n
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Where do you want to begin?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Step into Particle Collapse through a confession, a mirror, or a goodbye. Choose the question that speaks to you and start listening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What couldn\u2019t you say?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love, grief, and words left unspoken. The journey begins with The Things I Never Said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How much of yourself do you recognize in the mirror?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The world\u2019s vices become personal questions. Step into The Mirror and The Machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Who did you think you would become?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The promises of youth meet adult life. Journey through Generation Funeral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Behind the Scenes of The Count of the Outskirts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lost in Le Panier came before the story it would eventually bring to a close. I Sold Her Sea marked its beginning. Between these two songs, The Count of the Outskirts is taking shape: a journey through autobiography and Monte Cristo, from Marseille to the parts of ourselves still waiting to resurface.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Il Conte della Periferia Punk, alternative rock e oltre Il punk e l’alternative rock sono la spina dorsale, ma ogni canzone cambia forma insieme alla storia: dai passaggi pi\u00f9 intimi alle esplosioni pi\u00f9 crude. L’autobiografia incontra Montecristo Una storia autobiografica rifratta attraverso Il Conte di Montecristo: amore, prigionia, identit\u00e0 perdute, trasformazione, mare e ritorno alla […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"no-title","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.particlecollapse.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.particlecollapse.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.particlecollapse.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.particlecollapse.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.particlecollapse.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/www.particlecollapse.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148,"href":"https:\/\/www.particlecollapse.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.particlecollapse.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}