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Nocturne (Lyrics included with album)

Artist: Human Abstract [US]

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    Harbinger – The Human Abstract 04:31
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    Self Portraits of the Instincts – The Human Abstract 03:24
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    Nocturne – The Human Abstract 03:29
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    Crossing the Rubicon – The Human Abstract 05:06
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    Sotto Voce – The Human Abstract 01:34
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    Mea Culpa – The Human Abstract 03:32
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    Movement from Discord – The Human Abstract 04:07
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    Channel Detritus – The Human Abstract 05:27
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    Polaris – The Human Abstract 04:22
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    Echelons to Molotovs – The Human Abstract 02:36
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    Desiderata – The Human Abstract 03:54
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    Vela, Together We Await the Storm – The Human Abstract 04:36

Ever wonder what the emo kid equivalent to Rush is? The debut album by progressive-minded post-hardcore act the Human Abstract is a pretty good approximation. Time will tell if Nocturne will age as poorly as the Canadian power trio's blend of flashy drum solos, irritating vocal tics and Ayn Rand-inspired lyrics has, but there's a very similar sense of self-importance to this album. Even in a style known for po-faced lyrical pretension, Nathan Ells' lyrics are an impressively bombastic and meaningless parade of half-formed allusions to mythology and classical literature mingled with doomy mopery. Vocally, the band is a bit more interesting, alternating a standard-issue sore-throat growl with clean vocals that shade into a theatrical, glammy delivery that occasionally ventures up into an unexpected Russell Mael falsetto. Similarly, the arrangements add blasts of showboating high-speed, high-register guitar twiddles and circus-tune synthesizers to fundamentally ordinary post-hardcore tunes, suggesting a more restless creative spirit than is usual for the style. Allowing their proggy tendencies fuller flower would potentially limit the band's audience among the /Myspace demographic, but it would certainly make the Human Abstract a far more interesting band. Stewart Mason, Rovi

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  • Online Item #: 11415116
  • Store Item Number (DPCI): 244-02-7680
  • Made in the USA or Imported