Avoid the light
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2009 |
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| Label (s) | Superball Music | |||
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Title (number) |
6th |
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54 min 52 s |
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Kurt Ebelhäuser & Long Distance Calling |
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Studio (s) |
Tonstudio45, Koblenz |
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Avoid the Light ( Engl. For Avoid the light ) is the second studio album by the German post-rock / post-metal band Long Distance Calling . It was released on April 24, 2009 via Superball Music .
Emergence
With Avoid the Light , the band switched from Viva Hate Records to Superball Music. The band recorded a demo with the song "Apparitions" and applied it to the new record company. The choice fell on Superball, because its parent company InsideOut Music is the “coolest program label” according to Jan Hoffmann. The remaining songs were written during 2008. At the same time, the musicians wrote songs for the split EP 090208 with the band Leech .
Without Reimut van Bonn, who is responsible for the ambience and lives in Mannheim , the band worked in the rehearsal room on the new songs, which, according to guitarist Florian Füntmann, are more rhythm- oriented than the songs on the debut album. In addition, fewer speech samples were used. The album was recorded in November 2008 at Tonstudio45 in Koblenz . Was produced Avoid the Light of Kurt Ebelhäuser and the band. The mastering was done by Pascal Stoffels.
The cover was designed by Tim Klockentiedt based on an illustration by Gustave Doré of John Milton's Paradise Lost . The singer Jonas Renkse from the Swedish band Katatonia can be heard as a guest musician on the song "The Nearing Grave". Renkse also wrote the lyrics for the song.
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The album title comes from the song of the same name by the band Pantera for the soundtrack of the film Wes Craven presents Dracula . The musicians looked for an album title and happened to hear a Pantera CD with said song in their hotel.
The missing degree in the song "359 °" refers to the fact that there is nothing in life that is perfect. "I Know You, Stanley Milgram" is based on the small world phenomenon of the American psychologist Stanley Milgram . According to guitarist Florian Füntmann, the last song "Sundown Highway" received its title after the musicians heard the finished song. In his opinion, the song would convey the feeling of driving on a lonely highway towards the sunset .
reception
Avoid the Light received very good reviews from the trade press. Christian Kaltenmaier from the online magazine Metal.de spoke in his review of musical excellence as far as the eye can see and awarded nine out of ten points. For the reviewer Werner from the online magazine in-your-face.de , Avoid the Light shows “a very refreshing approach to music as an art form”. He described the album as a "little masterpiece" and gave it nine out of ten points.
Individual evidence
- ^ Marius Mutz: INTERVIEW: Long Distance Calling (February 27, 2011). Metal1.info, accessed January 4, 2013 .
- ↑ a b c Alexander Eitner: Interview with Florian Füntmann from Long Distance Calling. Metalnews, accessed January 4, 2013 .
- ^ A b Long Distance Calling: Interview on "Avoid The Light". Metal.de, accessed on August 27, 2018 .
- ^ Christian Kaltenmaier: Long Distance Calling - Avoid The Light. Metal.de, accessed on January 4, 2013 .
- ^ Werner: Long Distance Calling - Avoid The Light. In Your Face, archived from the original on May 17, 2009 ; Retrieved January 4, 2013 .
Web links
- Official website
- Avoid the Light at Allmusic (English)