Anathema & Antimatter

[Morpheus]

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Sorry, completely forgot to take a listen! Interesting choice for a support band. Sounds alright, pretty funky. Not too keen on the singers voice. Actualkly, it's not my cup of tea really.

Today's the gig in Cologne, can't wait! It seems as if they are gonna play the full new album.

[Morpheus]

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some vids from tuesday's show. Played the new album except for Dusk and You're not alone. Lot's of newer stuff. Sound was ok, sometimes a little 'thin' imo. But great night all together, despite me having forgotten my ticket and had to drive back home (near hour drive) to fetch it....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW6bu32_OWY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNluVAAQylU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apbMu7x3ayY

[Morpheus]

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Interview with singer Vinny Cavanagh: http://noisey.vice.com/blog/anathema-interview-2015

Seems like they're headed to the US in Fall this year!

[Morpheus]

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A couple of weeks back the Band had a sort of Reunion tour going in Europe, called Resonance Tour. IT featured old members of the band and three sets of different parts of their history. The show lasted for almost 3 hours with no support and it was an amaziong experience for me to be part of it in Bochum.

As always i took a couple of vids which you can have a look at here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0CWWHaNjPw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esj10Q9__yA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1eVnk2VY64

If you're interested in one of the shows, you can find a complete one here (from Hungary):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oX_nTOgDVc

definitely worth a look if you like the band!

[SoundscapeMN]

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new Anathema album "The Optimist" coming out on June 9th.

https://www.facebook.com/notes/anathema/anathema-reveal-details-cover-artwork-for-new-studio-album-the-optimist/10155255551173629/

optimist /ˈɒptɪmɪst/
noun: optimist; plural noun: optimists
1. a person who tends to be hopeful and confident about the future or the success of something.
2. a person who believes that this world is the best of all possible worlds or that good must ultimately prevail over evil.
After Anathema’s 2012 award-winning album Weather Systems and 2014’s spellbinding Distant Satellites, the ambient rockers are back with their eleventh full-length, The Optimist. Due for release on 9th June through Kscope The Optimist will soon reveal some of the darkest, most challenging and unexpected music the sextet have put their name to.

Anathema, led by brothers Daniel and Vincent Cavanagh, along with drummer John Douglas, singer Lee Douglas, bassist Jamie Cavanagh and keyboardist Daniel Cardoso began recording The Optimist in the winter of 2016 at Attica Audio in Donegal, Ireland and then finished at Castle Of Doom studios in Glasgow with producer Tony Doogan [Mogwai, Belle & Sebastian, Super Furry Animals] at the helm. Vincent elaborates on Doogan’s influence on the recording process “he suggested that we record as a live band, which we hadn’t done for years. Having played a few tunes on the last tour, we were ready for that. Tony wanted to capture that energy you can only get with everyone facing each other… it makes a big difference. He was a superb guy to work with and I learned a lot making this record”

The idea for The Optimist was born from the front cover artwork of the band’s 2001 album A Fine Day To Exit Daniel Cavanagh explains “I suppose you might say the album is semi-autobiographical because this time we used a surrogate,” he says, of the character that is The Optimist “We put sound, feelings and crucially, our own hopes and fears into another person and made him the subject of the songs then weaving my own internal monologue into the narrative of The Optimist. It was John’s idea to write a narrative, so I took A Fine Day To Exit as the starting point”. Vincent elaborates further on the earlier album’s artwork influence “The guy who disappeared – you never knew what happened to him, did he start a new life? Did he succumb to his fate? It was never explained. The opening track title is the exact coordinates for Silver Strand beach in San Diego – the last known location of The Optimist – shown on the cover of A Fine Day to Exit.”
To continue the theme further, the band brought back designer and illustrator Travis Smith to create the artwork for The Optimist. The artwork was created from a series of photographs Smith took on a West Coast road trip.

With the character’s unresolved destiny the three song writing members, meticulously brought the unfinished story to an end – and most strikingly of all – one which is decided by the listener.

32.63N 117.14W (01:18)
Leaving It Behind (04:27)
Endless Ways (05:49)
The Optimist (05:37)
San Francisco (04:59)
Springfield (05:49)
Ghosts (04:17)
Can`t Let Go (05:00)
Close Your Eyes (03:39)
Wildfires (05:40)
Back To The Start (11:41)

snippet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpjlNP50qUg

[Morpheus]

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Sounds great and i am desperate for new music, so to get this from one of my fave bands... i can't wait for it. Not too keen on the Album name but oh well as long as the music is as great as always, i don't care.

[Morpheus]

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You can listen to the first song of the new album at www.anathema.ws

[Morpheus]

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New album takes a couple of spins but then it kicks in, at least for me. It's more of a grower which i like with albums. Plus, it has a narrative to it and thus is more of a concept album. If you into that, definitely give it a try, if not, still do, cause the songs also work on their own, at least most of em.
They will also be touring the US in August. Here you can find the dates:

http://www.kscopemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Anathema_Opt_Admat_NA.jpg

Here's the 'Springfield' Single:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y1ROzCUpbU