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Rating: New work for these Californian guys, who went unnoticed with the previous (albeit remarkable) "Leitmotif".
Here we are faced with a "monumental" work that remains ingrained in the skin and clings like leeches: this time they decided to get serious... and they have fully succeeded in their intent.
Erroneously placed in the Nu Metal cauldron, Dredg have nothing to do with numetal, in fact, Dredg have nothing to do with any other group, they make their own history.
Imagine a combination of sounds that can remind you of Tool, Pink Floyd, and King Crimson, and you might have a vague idea of what Dredg are.
Melancholy reigns supreme, and throughout the entire CD Gavin Hayes' voice rises with magnificent arrogance, and it is precisely his way of singing that makes the work different from the usual... at times unsettling.
The songs are all beautiful and never predictable; the noisy temptations of the debut give way to delicate and emotional sounds, supported by a still powerful rhythmic base. Among them "Of The Room", "Same Ol'Road", "Sorry But It's Over" could easily serve as the soundtrack for a dramatic movie (I think of "...One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest").
The chosen package is the flagship; flipping through the internal booklet, you breathe the air of an "unknown" world, the illustrations always refer to a "dream Phenomena"... a sort of state of sonic hallucination called "Sleep Paralysis" with equally written testimonies from those who in past years have been struck by this metaphysical ailment.
An ethereal dream, a fetal memory, it almost seems like wandering in the sky wrapped in a bubble of amniotic fluid... these are the sensations. Once this masterpiece enters your system, it's like a drug... it's total addiction.
Congratulations to Dredg for breaking a lance in favor of music made with the heart, beyond the barriers of the music business that influences so many bands... but not them.
Thank you truly.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 Same Ol' Road (05:14)
Here we go
down that same old road again,
Sympathy unfolds the shell that holds,
All beauty within,
Here we go
down that same old road again,
A memory, a regret, a hope.
Here we go
down that same old road again,
Empathy controls the wind that blows,
And tickles our skin,
A memory, a regret, a hope, a stimulus.
Recent it seems,
we must push on, we must push on,
though we bleed,
we must push on, we must push on.
All you need is a modest house in a modest neighborhood,
In a modest town, where honest people dwell.
Making the cleanest energy,
For the greenest plants to grow,
In the richest soil that is drenched,
With the freshest rain,
Then you should sit in your backyard,
Watch clouds peak over the tallest mountain tops,
Because they unveil honest opinions
about the stars.
We must push on, recent it seems,
We must push on, we must push on,
Though we bleed, we must push on, we must push on
All you need is a modest house in a modest neighborhood.
03 Sanzen (04:34)
I can't even concentrate on this,
It's over thought, anticipated,
The pen ink is running dry,
It's been thrown to paper and wasted,
Creativity has been blocked and over tasted,
Maybe in time, I'll appreciate it
Hold on, hold on, we'll be with you soon
These papers are stuck in this book,
'till they're torn out and pasted,
to inside of my memory,
where I can later look and see them in a new gallery,
where they can later be viewed and appreciated.
Hold on, hold on, we'll be with you soon,
We'll be with you soon
Longing for what has been lost,
And longing for what hasn't been obtained,
It's a small cost, forgot the past, lost the future,
Only now remains
Hold on, hold on, we'll be with you soon,
We'll be with you soon
06 Sorry but It's Over (04:08)
Distorted and complicated
I'm sorry but it's over
Essential to awaken...
how moving
Here we are
That's what it's all about
I'm sorry but it's over
To love here and to love this...
I'm finally breathing
Before you go,
there is something more to say
Persistent resentment
I'm sorry but it's over
Seduction for destruction
I'm finally breathing
To love this, all this
It's what it's all about all the way
Before you go,
there is something more to say
07 Convalescent (03:32)
This lonely old man had heart, resting
Gray hairs on wrinkled arms
with nothing but a stool to hold up his back
Skinny legs with Japanese mileage
Crossed at the ankles
He's unaware
Maybe you've never seen it
Maybe you've never been through it
It's the only way to understand it
Unaware of his surroundings
Youth, it passed
Swarming like wolves to a fresh kill,
the scent attracts
He's just scared about dying
Maybe you've never seen it
Maybe you've never been through it
It's the only way to understand him
Save your clever statements
Brave your severed view of it
It's the only way to understand it
To believe that...
to think back...
to realize that
no sad days have come to an end
where all...
where all has been lost
Maybe you've never seen it
Maybe you've never been through it
It's the only way to understand it
Save your clever statements
Brave yourself if you want in
It's the only way to understand it
12 Of the Room (03:44)
White cloth
Black napkins
Wood chairs surround me
Wood tables
Foggy side
in front with no light
Night falls beneath candle light
Cast shadows
Incense fragrance
from the corner of the room
Cloudy senses
Stale light
below, beneath
Night falls beneath candle light
White squalls beneath winter sky
Night falls beneath wintered sky
White squalls beneath winter skies
Faceless crowd
of elderly beings
Roses sprouting
Yellow glow
The sub-conscience into the
night beneath
Night falls beneath candle light
White squalls beneath winter skies
14 It Only Took a Day (03:16)
Think we know,
oblivious though
Unified clones
sit like stones
up on thrones
of fools gold
Looking bold
but all alone
Restore our needed shelter
Sitting sideways
Something deep
Wading water
Pants at my knees
Fading with growth
Lie awake
Buried stones
All alone
Restore our needed shelter
Our flawless endeavor...
to be alone
Sitting sideways
Something deep
Wading water
Pants at my knees
Sitting sideways
Something deep
Fading with growth
Lie awake
16 The Canyon Behind Her (06:39)
Does anybody feel this way?
Does anybody feel like I do?
I built a wall,
It's stretched 1000 miles, set it off,
A massacre, it's holding up the roof,
Breast feed your hearts.
It set it off
I saw a distant port,
with no water to support,
burning
the bridge between
Does anybody feel this way?
Does anybody feel like I do?
Does anybody feel this way?
Does anybody feel like I do?
Never content nor satisfied,
Intentions of self,
Massacre change and history,
Borderline paranoia,
Yelling out their own right
Does anybody feel this way?
Does anybody feel like I do?
Does anybody feel this way?
Does anybody feel like I do?
Half of me is gone,
The lonesome part is left,
I cannot find the other half,
I cannot find the other half,
I cannot find the other half,
I cannot find the other half.
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