Bachi da Pietra ("stone caterpillars") is a two-man band from Italy, formed in 2004. Their dark and resonating music wraps around tunes of desolate candour and lyrics (in Italian) as dark and imaginative as broken love can be. A relentless drumming hovers over a huge wash of ride cymbal and a deep, plaintive voice, which is able to capture sadness, anger and yearning. The dissonant blues-based songs develop around the steady drone of the singer's voice