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: : Lights Out : :
Antimatter has returned! “Lights Out” is a cold,
distant, mechanical relative of their previous release, “Saviour”. Early on you will
notice the eerie underlying tones of soft vengeance and subtle hatred flowing
beneath the surface of this album. The first track, “Lights Out” sports male/female
spoken word iciness. “Everything You Know is Wrong” is another distant and
atmospheric piece with a huge Pink Floyd vibe emanating from the very spacey
keyboards. “The Art Of A Soft Landing” really expands musically about 3 minutes in
and closes with the sound of a person screaming whilst they are falling and finally
smashing into something, followed by a lonely piano outro. Number four, “Expire”, is
the warmest tune, having a head bobbing melody and a slightly groovy beat set early
on by the percussion. “In Stone” really expresses a somber disrespect, a subtle
hatred for a certain individual, maybe even all of mankind. A monotone computerized
voice reprimands the subject throughout the last half of the song. That same voice
continues on the next track “Reality Clash”. Reinforcing the pull from humanity, and
the distance and coldness of the album. “Dream” shares Michelle Richfield’s
hauntingly beautiful vocals with us, over top of some epic keyboards that lead us
into the last track, “Terminal”. This track is a long instrumental that starts out
smooth and continues on smoother, but gets interrupted with a brief, recurring
ominous bit, then comes a beeping that also repeats until the end where we get some
industrial noise and then silence.
As a whole, the album is very thought provoking
and interpretive. Many feelings are expressed through the music, cryptic lyrics, and
the vocals, which are sometimes spoken and always eerie; making you wonder whom they
are so angry at? Is it I? I hope not. The negativity isn’t direct though. Their
emotional presentation makes you really think about exactly what's going on here. All
of the female parts are gorgeous. The male parts have a reprimanding feeling to
them. Which isn’t bad. Its like being told off by someone who is calmer and smarter
that you are.
Antimatter produces smooth meaningful music. I
think “Saviour” while still being cold and cryptic was a little friendlier and more
human than this one. As “Lights Out” goes on we get more and more of a feeling of
lack. Two of the last four tracks are mostly a computerized voice and the last one
is even called “Terminal”, and has no humanity at all. Just when you think you know
what's up, you really don’t. This one is worth a few listens. It embodies delicate
strength, with a bit of harsh reality, the reality of how people really feel.
Rating:
8 out of 10 Stars
Reviewer: Lord M
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: : Discography : :
Savior - 2002
Live@K13 - 2003
Lights Out - 2003
Unreleased - 2003 |
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