| Released
October 19th 2007
LMC218
EAN6419922002186
Vintersörg
mainman Mr V returns with his second album “Imaginative”
under the Waterclime name following
on from 2006’s “The Astral Factor”
(Lion Music). Once again the basis lies in symphonic
and progressive rock but it is also spiced up with
some jazzy crescendos and folk atmospheres. A large
part of the songs are the multilayer vocals as well
as the keyboards with thousands of nuances. Still
every other instrument has its specific role and place
in this mixture of styles and atmospheres. The instrumentation
is built around keyboards, guitars, bass and drums
where every instrument is given space. Other suitable
instruments as organs, flutes and mellotron are also
present to give that “organic” touch to
it.
Lyrically
this album deals a lot with personal translations
of dreams and fantastical visions, written in a poetic
tongue to emphasize a romantic touch. They shine of
both sadness and hope and are wrapped in an aura of
magic, as a contraposition to the mechanical and often
static presence of the society. Personal wonderings
of how our world is put together is yet another perspective
that’s easy to trace in the words without plunging
into religious or political matters.
Mr
V’s aim with Imaginative was, “To
continue to explore progressive and symphonic rock
through a Nordic atmosphere. Another goal was to challenge
myself to write better and more adventurous songs
with both melody and depth. On the first CD the songs
was kind of in the same vein all along the album,
with this one a more diverse and dramatic approach
is taken”.
Imaginative
differs from its predecessor “The Astral Factor”
by being more diverse and with more perfected arrangements.
The whole product is a step up on the ladder of progression;
from the songs to the production and the mastering
etc. It’s written out of the same love for the
type of music but is more mature and unique.
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