Invocation (track) by ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Year: 2002
From the album Source Tags & Codes (track #1)
Invocation appears on the following album(s) by ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead:
- Source Tags & Codes (track #1) (this album) (2002)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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70/100  | 11/11/2023 06:08 |  Purplepash | | 77/100 |
85/100 | 09/07/2023 14:10 | AndyLish79 | | 85/100 |
85/100 | 05/16/2023 04:10 | Aaron98 | | 90/100 |
80/100 | 01/08/2023 03:55 |  Repo | | 85/100 |
100/100 | 12/30/2022 22:04 | Phmus84 | | 100/100 |
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The album opens with a cold static and noise in the track "Invocation, then in comes a gorgeous piano piece and warming strings.
The song sums up the major feel of the album with no clear words being heard, and that feeling is at the same time, the harsch coldness of a snowstorm
being neutralized by the warming of a volcano. The static noise is the ice, and the piano and strings is the fire and together they become
pure musical bliss. However, the major theme of the album has not yet been revealed...
The question is answered in the proper opener "It was there that i saw you", it reveals that the major theme of the album is the pain of longing,
of loss and heartbreaking nostalgia, just look at the song title. "It WAS there that I SAW you". Keywords: WAS and SAW.
The sentence is written in past tense, its something that has BEEN and it is tearing him apart, just listen to his pained voice.
The song instrumentally is flawless. Beginning with a subtle guitar line and then breaking into an explosion of volcanic guitars and
freezing cymbals. Then goes into this simple yet effective guitar trade-off then building up tension to a hypnotizing crescendo only Post-Rock legends
like Godspeed You! Black Emperor can rival. Then back into the vortex of noise for an explosive finish and what we have left are just guitar feedback
and the static the album began with.
Not bad, noisy
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