For Grave Closure art is mostly a fusion of music and words. Flowing, melodic,
dramatic, capable of wrapping stories in surreal intimate atmospheres, David Antony Rogers gives some intense secular sermons of deep morality.The guitar style by Luca Ascari composes a message of suffering and redemption that in the best moments borders on hallucination,the mystical vision, the philosophical enlightenment, but always from a context that is fundamentally infernal. MY Pity Lover moral moving fresco of the restless in which the epic of the "loner"find a new definition of ever more realistic themes treated with crystal clear transparency.
lyrics
The Voice of Chaos, Glorified
Risen the mocking, essence of hate
Revelation this night, Oh spirit of coldest night
Tis my enemy, my pity lover...
Oh, Moon light reveal, our sickening
Oh, Moon light reveal, our deepest sins
Lay down thy Illusions, show it now
Show your hand...
No one can know me, no one ever could
Except the spinning wheel
I do this for you, masked and blind
But know this flesh; weep no more, from eternal flames
Embrace the deep river bed
They care not for your breath
Oh take my, now
....... ........................................
My Pity Lover...
My Pity Lover...
Take me now
Ooohhhh, Ohhhhhh,
See and seen as you truly fall and lay
My Pity Lover
Hey, hey
credits
from Lenses,
track released February 14, 2016
REVIEW BY NO MORE DIVISION
Grave Closure is a collaboration between the musical arranger and sound experimentalist Luca Ascari from Italy and singer-songwriter David Antony Rogers from the UK. Although the two have different approaches, the integration of their styles works out on their release Lenses.
Lenses is a dark, experimental album but it still contains elements of pop here and there. Throughout the album I was most reminded of David Bowie and Scott Walker. At their most experimental you can hear tinges of Walker’s albums such The Drift and Bish Bosch. As far as Bowie goes I think once you hear some of the vocal performances you will know what I'm talking about.
This is an album that may require some effort to get through but is rewarding in the end. It’s certainly not one that you can nonchalantly pop in at a party. Suffice it to say the music on Lenses is more apt for solitude. The songs benefit from scrutiny and analysis.
Up first is “They Walk Amongst Us” which really paints the mood for the remainder of the album. It’s gloomy, bleak and dark but also oddly catchy. The drums drive the atmosphere as the vocalist sings, “Not Hidden In the Dark Alley Ways / Not Frightened Of the Light / No Need For Hidden Secrets / When You Control every Single Mind.” They pick up the pace with “I’m The Wrong Guy” which contains waves of distortion that can overwhelm you while “Nothing” is a misty, ambient piece that slowly unveils itself.
Two of my favorites “My Pity Lover” and “Fair And Modern” don’t have any problem going to the fringe of what music can offer. Scott Walker seems like a direct influence on “Fair And Modern.”
“Love Complete” doesn't shy away from combining multiple synths that cause dissonance and “A New Constellation” embraces what could be considered atonal music. Perhaps the most haunting song is “Last Of Its Kind” which touts absurd, existential lyrics. He sings, “It Were a Pea Soupier / When I spied an Orange beacon Flare / / Falling ghostly slow I had to stop and stare / Is it a call of distress?” They close with the title track, which is actually one of the catchiest songs on the album.
Lenses is not for the faint of heart. If you are familiar with artist like Scott Walker, John Cage and other music that isn't afraid to push boundaries this album will be a welcome addition. On the other hand if you aren't that familiar with the places music can go I would approach this with an open mind.
Priests of occultism and mysticism,Grave Closure presents a Folknoir and Indie sound. Strong of an esoteric
experimentalism, singing by David Antony Rogers that sinking without reticence in the catacombs of intimate music.
Noir magma. Folk acoustic electric and shoegaze guitar and sounds of Ascari are harmonies in strong tints with
electronic inserts.improve spent in avant-garde music....more
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