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Artist: A. Armada
Album: Anam Cara
Label: Golden Antenna
Playtime: 27:17 min
Genre: Instrumental Rock
URL: http://www.myspace.com/aarmada
Rip date: 2008-09-10
Street date: 2008-00-00
Size: 44.20 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 215 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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A. Armada is the new project by Josh McCauley from Maserati as well as Bryant
Williamson and Matt Nelson from Cinemechanica. A. Armada hail from Athens,
USA, and therefore the five tracks on äAnam Caraô have something in common
with historical Athens. If one follows the legend, Goddess Athena and God of
the seas Poseidon were courting for the residents of the nameless city.
Just like Athena and Poseidon, A. Armada try everything to appeal to the
listener on äAnam Caraô. They successfully stand up to other representatives
of the genre (who needn't be named). Five highly melodic, instrumental songs
in 27 minutes. Glimmering guitars that come across as the thousandfold
twinkling and blinking of the water surface in the hot summer months off
shores of Athens. In the legend, Poseidon appears close to victory. However,
when you taste his cool wet (was meinst Du mit cool wet), you shrink away
from it because it is salty. But A. Armada manage to balance the extremes -
not exaggeratedly, but in a fine-weaved and coordinated fashion, with
aggressive guitars and muted violent eruptions. They are the summer wind
offshore, above the water.
In the legends, Athena and Poseidon were competing to be the patron of the
city and each offered presents. Poseidon gave the people a salt water well
while Athena offered an olive tree. Athena won, as the olive tree is the
wellspring for many goods. This myth resulted in the Athenians' strong belief
in pragmatism, a tradition continued today as A.Armada pragmatically capture
the listener's attention with the impulsive, swirling guitar music of the
summer.
In October and November A.Armada will be supporting From Monument To Masses
on their european tour.
The full title of track #2 is "The Moon Shifts The Sea, The Sea Shapes The
Shore, The Shore Shakes The Sand, The Sand Sinks The Ship". RIYL: good music
Buy or Die!
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01. The Dam Was Split But The City Was Saved ( 5:12)
02. The Moon Shifts The Sea, The Sea Shapes The Shore ( 4:32)
03. Fall - Triumph ( 5:19)
04. Into Days & Nights & Years & Months ( 7:09)
05. If Only You Knew What The Lost Soldiers Did To Me ( 5:05)
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