For all its spookiness, Confrontations is ultimately a pleasant listen that goes down easy and doesn’t leave much of a impression.
Confrontations doesn't exactly leave his giallocore tendencies behind, but it does subtly amp up the Italo disco influence that has crept into the Umberto frame, giving it a brilliant sheen that resembles a shift from fleapit to arthouse.
There’s uncertainty whether the controlled experiment of Confrontations resonates, not sonically, but emotionally.
The music, unfortunately, lacks the drama inspired by that title ["The Invasion"], instead leaving the extra-terrestrial tale lingering on a flat, drum-machine laden landscape.