Argos "Cruel Symmetry"

Country: Germany
Sub Genre: Canterbury, Neo-Prog
Label: Progressive Promotion Records (PPR CD 010)
Release date: December, 2012
Tracklist: 
1.Cruel Symmetry (20:45)
2. Paper Ship Dreams (4:32)
3. Chance Encounters (4:24)
4. Possessions (6:05)
5. The Story of Flying Robert  (4:29)
6. Caught within the Light  7:06)
7. Open Book (7:44)

Line-up: 
Rico Florczak - guitars
Ulf Jacobs - drums, vocals
Robert Gozon - vocals, keyboards
Thomas Klarmann - bass, flute, keybords, vocals

Description/Reviews: 

Cruel Symmetry is dominated by nearly 21-minute title track, which takes the listener on a journey through the different stages of perception. These are musically imaginative and varied in scene: melodic-anthemic elements and psychedelic-inspired excursions are represented as well as rhythmically intricate passages and acoustic embossed parts. In the other six songs, the band shows that it has a very unique sense of catchy melodies and jazzy harmonies. While in pieces like Possessions and Open Book thoughtful lyrics and melancholic sounds dominate, there are also, as in the two previous albums, again the typical lightness and irony of the famous Canterbury bands like Caravan and Hatfield and the North. These influences are clearly evident on songs like Paper Ship Dreams and The Story of Flying Robert, sung by Thomas Klarmann.

Media/Samples 
Trailer
entire album at progstreaming.com

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