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Pictures

by Mindspeak

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Sven B. Schreiber (sbs)
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Sven B. Schreiber (sbs) With its debut album, this young band from Vienna follows the footsteps of honorable Austrian prog masters like "Matter Of Taste". The music on this concept album is not of the kind I'd call particularly innovative - it travels pretty much on well known roads paved by many others long ago. However, these youngsters do it in a highly pleasant way, skillfully avoiding the pitfalls of pseudo-progressive phrase rehashing most of the time - certainly more successfully so than several of their experienced grand paragons of prog. Favorite track: The Big Sleep, Pt. V: Kaleidoscope.
Fahrenheight Nova
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Fahrenheight Nova Fantastic prog-rock album and one of the best I've heard in a while! It manages to deliver all of the musical depth and progressive stylings of various famous prog rock groups that stays true to the genre while keeping very memorable and fun throughout the variety of tracks. Not to mention, Viktoria's lovely vocals are quite refreshing and bring a great deal of charm to the variety of songs. Mindspeak's off to a stellar start with this debut, and I can't wait to hear what they come up with next. Favorite track: Reawakening.
William Covert
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William Covert Mindspeak is one of the best up and coming contemporary progressive rock bands. Pictures is a great debut album and features a mix of musical complexity along with catchy melodies and endless hooks. For fans of UK, King Crimson, Fugue, Yes, Bruford, Extra Life, Dream Theater, & Alarmist. Favorite track: The Big Sleep, Pt. V: Kaleidoscope.
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I. Inconstant scales Barren room Eyes are shut Stay inside to last Got no name Got no face As anybody else Locked in time Black and white Grieving for my past Light is dim I won’t join This homogenous mass Deprived of emotion Constant "learning to live" echoes from the walls I am caged within the tragedy of perfection Constant pressure heating up with no remorse I am caged within the tragedy of perfection Looking down Unbanning depths The fall’s a step away Nighttime falls Eternal black Still eluding day Stagnating pulse No belief Got no need to stay Mind control Prescribed ideal I have lost my way Deprived of emotion Constant "learning to live" echoes from the walls I am caged within the tragedy of perfection Constant pressure heating up with no remorse I am caged within the tragedy of perfection Down and out I feel the walls crumbling down My head explodes I need to get out now Another senseless day I cannot carry the weight Anymore Inconstant scales of Life, always vacillating, how rarely does a facile weight dare announce itself to the soon vanishing opposite load. On the other side, the peaceful scales of Death. Space enough on both of the kindred bowls. Equal space. And beside it, unused, all the weights of Equanimity, shining, in ordered rows. * II. In the Still of the Night I break down on the inside My light begins to fade In the autumn of my madness Where the sky is turning grey The last time all the colors of the fall They blind me and they pierce while I crawl Like your shadow stabbing your own back Constant scales of nothing’s what I lack At the end of my escapement There’s only way out I’m staring into coldness My cries in vain are drowned The last time all the colors of the fall They blind me and they pierce while I crawl Like your shadow stabbing your own back Constant scales of nothing’s what I lack In the still of the night I lay all hope aside I’m the one Who ceases dreams
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A state of failing feelings No decisions to be made No somber thoughts at all A numbing ease instead Reflections of the past surrounding Floating through the afterlife Looking in an empty mirror Slipping through a stream of light Sleeping wide awake Beyond expressiveness No hope, no fear Infinite emptiness Struck by a ray of light Intense feeling of grace Empty faces staring Caught in an endless space I am the one, my soul still lingers on The fire is gone, I’m just a shell alone Breaking these chains which once held me in place I chose to leave to look for better ways The will to leave has turned to ash Lady Lazarus failed to be complete Feels like I’m caught between day and night I’ve been exempt from my life’s speed Spinning in circles once again Like a black hole is consuming all I am An endless momentum crumbling space and time The questions in my mind will stay All that mattered wiped away I’m left behind and still alone A stranger coming home Blackness is darkening my state The walls are getting closer now I'm running out of time again The pain of salvation hurts somehow My fate until the end of time Became the nightmare that I am At last it’s me who wants to be untied I am the one, my soul still lingers on The fire is gone, I’m just a shell alone Breaking these chains which once held me in place I chose to leave to look for better ways The questions in my mind will stay all that mattered wiped away I'm left behind and still alone A stranger coming home
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The rain of clarity pours down A sudden ray of hope leads me now A long way I walked to find myself again A voice that whispers in my ear Bringing order to my deepest fears Hello my friend, I’ve waited all this time for you The balance in my mind A truth which I once hoped to find Has always been inside of me Untied these chains and now I'm free A leap into the great unknown My deepest wish had finally shown An endless road led finally out into the light The balance in my mind A truth which I once hoped to find Has always been inside of me Untied these chains and now I'm free
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Dream or reality, a sleep without awakening? It's time to leave this place and spread my wings My darkness left behind, I’m ready for the last goodbye A burden lifted off, like giants cry I’m waking up, the dawn of a new day Given all of this, the end of my decay Contemplation for a chance to start it all again A way to learn to become my own friend All my Tears turn to dust, sparkling in the summer sun Step out into the light, all coldness gone I’m breaking out, the dawn of a new day Given all of this, the end of my decay I’m leaving now, the dawn of a new day Given all of this, the end of my decay
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I am the one, my soul still lingers on The fire still burns, I’m not a shell alone Breaking these chains which once held me in place I chose to leave to look for better days The questions in my mind will stay all that mattered wiped away I'm left behind and still alone A stranger coming home
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Reawakening 09:38
I feel the day Open my eyes After a long night my first sunrise Carpe diem, seize the day The most familiar words Repeated in my head Cherish all the things I’ve never had Long ago, I was far below I’m the one who seizes dreams Break the line, may the stars align I’m the cue for my own theme A beam cuts through the clouds Made way for better days Temptations gone which once led me astray No more left or right The goal is straight ahead Vibrant colors pave the way I take Long ago, I was far below I’m the one who seizes dreams Break the line, may the stars align I’m the cue for my own theme I feel the day Open my eyes After a long night my first sunrise The most familiar words Repeated in my head Cherish all the things I’ve never had Long ago, I was far below I’m the one who seizes dreams Break the line, may the stars align I’m the cue for my own theme

credits

released January 17, 2014

Mindspeak are:
Viktoria Simon - vocals
Simon Nagy - bass, electric upright bass
Alex Clément - guitar, background vocals
Christoph Kasparovsky - keyboard, e-organ, background vocals
Gabriel Lahrmann - drums, percussion, background vocals

Guest musicians:
Johannes Richter - vocals on "Tragedy of Perfection", "The Big Sleep, Pt. II, IV" and "Reawakening"
Thomas Körner - saxophone on "The Big Sleep, Pt. V"

Drums recorded by Moritz Lochner and Daniel Blum
All other instruments and vocals recorded at Mindspeak Mansion Studios
Produced by Mindspeak
Mixed and co-produced by Ulrich Treutwein
Mastered by Manuel Schönegger

Artwork by Claus Diwisch and Phillip Ivellio-Vellin

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Mindspeak is a 5-piece progressive rock band based in Vienna, Austria.

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