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The callers in the storm are back. After two excursions
into the field of alternative guitar rock, the British-Australian formation
around Richard Levy has remembered its true strengths and with 'The Only Solace'
has produced a breath takingly beautiful neofolk album which catapults OSTARA
right back to the spearhead of the genre. Fatalistic lyrics full of abysmal
thoughts, executed with sensitive vocals, carried by captivating melodies and
crystal clear acoustic guitar accords. Far removed from cheap effect and
unreflected symbolic games, OSTARA creates a magical animist world under the
spell of a tragic past and faced with an uncertain future. In their mystical
world view they penetrate time and open the view for unforeseen connectivities.
In this context many lyrics are revealed as traps, and mundane experiences take
a cruel twist. Levy's lyrics surround the listener with comforting atmospheres
and metaphors, a quality that is unique in the area of neofolk, just to awake
the listener in an ungentle manner from sleep to reason. Our buildings are
already ruins. When the rustle of the masses turns into noise, the cry of the
individual appears like a tentative murmur in the wind. Hardly any other band
understands how to express the silent tragic and heroic of the awakened
individual so powerfully. And OSTARA deserves to be listened to. Released on
Trisol and available January 25th, 2009.
01 Victory
Surrender
02 The First Day of Summer
03 Darkly Shining
04 Calling to
the Storm
05 Pillow of Ashes
06 Architects of Ruin
07 Fields of
Fire
08 The Carnival
09 Lanterns of the Storm
10 Rise Descending
11
Stilts & Crutches
12 The Only Solace
13 The Darkening
14 If
the Dead could see
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Ostara - The Only Solace |
CD $21.97
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