Artist.......: Amplifier
Album........: Insider
Label........: SPV
Genre........: Rock
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Aug-31-2006
str.date.....: OCt-02-2006
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: http://www.amplifiertheband.com/
track title time
01. Gustav's Arrival 03:35
02. O Fortuna 06:22
03. Insider 04:30
04. Mongrel' Anthem 04:27
05. RIP 03:35
06. Strange Seas Of Thought 06:04
07. Procedures 05:15
08. Elysian GOld 04:51
09. Oort 01:31
10. What is Music? 06:06
11. Hymn of the Aten 05:48
12. Map Of An Imaginary Place 06:59
Runtime 59:03 min
Size 90,3 MB
Release Notes:
Guitar/Vocals û Sel Balamir
Drums û Matt Brobin
Bass û Neil Mahony
AMPLIFIER arrive in a seismic heartbeat.
Armed with choruses more akin to detonations and an
album joyous in its darkness AMPLIFIER are British
rock reborn, post-classic rock if you will.
A band that didnÆt so much form as gravitate
together at the beginning of the new century in
Manchester, coalescing from DNA strands of Celtic
spark & Byzantine motive. Ready to roll. Evolving
from an arsenal of treasured teenage records;
AMPLIFIER take Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Police,
Mogwai, Massive Attack, Bowie and Brad û in fact
just about anything of any quality, and exhale it
through a cloudburst of guitar pickups and
distortion pedals.
A three year gestation period culminated in 2004's
debut album co-produced by Sel Balamir with Steve
Lyon (The Cure, Depeche Mode) and mixed by Chris
Sheldon (Foo Fighters, My Vitriol, Feeder). Selling
5000 albums in the UK, stoking up a frenzy of
Summer Festivals and shows with the likes of
Deftones, Datsuns, Melissa Auf der Maur, Therapy?,
Explosions In The Sky and Oceansize, all while
gathering extreme praise from Radio 1, XFM, NME,
Kerrang!, Metal Hammer and Q, AMPLIFIER are now
Airborne in Europe.
Already No. 7 in the Visions Reader Poll for Best
Newcomer after just a handful of European dates,
AMPLIFIER are "rolling forward". The May European
release of their startling debut album through SPV
and the anticipation of more tours are further
heating up expectation.
To put you in the picture: AMPLIFIER carve out
their own unique way; deeply personal lyrics
astride a raging wall of noise channelled through
intensely articulate and sky-high melodies - a
fractured powerhouse celebration of all the good
things about rock.
As another drum fill thunders through, those who
care might well reflect upon the ghosts of Keith
Moon and John Bonham, as theyÆre carried along upon
thick waves of colossal rolling guitar riffs and
absorbed into the throbbing hum of a deep, deep,
deep sea of electrical bass.
AMPLIFIER make music thatÆs both determined and
ambitious, but most importantly, whether recorded
or live, music that lives and grows on the bandÆs
terms: revved up & brutal from the get-go. When
AMPLIFIER sing ôitÆs time to flyö youÆre on their
wings. If the initial effect is to make people step
back, slightly awed, then their hurricane also
possesses that area of tranquil calm and beauty
around which swirl the great outpourings of energy.
It is music that needs to be performed:
Electrifying live shows over the last 18 months
have left audiences feeling like theyÆve been
involved in a 40 minute controlled explosion, and
AMPLIFIER's reputation rising fast.
ôAMPLIFIER descend like a pocket apocalypseàGreat
free-flowing grooves transforming sunburst waves of
upliftö Roger Morton NME
"A British rock-scene altering record. Enjoy it in
all it's infinite glory" Kerrang! 5/5 "No other
record this year will have the audacity to field
such lofty ambitions, let alone have the skills to
fulfill them" NME 9/10
"Think Sabbath meets Floyd meets The God Machine.
Think trippy, heavy as fuck sonic violence. Think
the future of rock" Metal Hammer 9/10
"At present British rock doesn't get much better
than this" Q 4/5
AMPLIFIER: the biggest three piece in the world.