Renewal (Colaris album)

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Renewal
Colaris studio album
Label (s) Gunslinger Records

Genre (s)

Post rock

Title (number)

8th

running time

51 min 47 s

occupation
  • Guitar / Sounds: Jessie Schmidt
  • Bass : Phillip Roeder
  • Drums : Julian Steinbach

production

Phil Hillen

Studio (s)

SU2 studios, Illingen

Renewal is the first studio album by the German post-rock band Colaris . It was released in 2012 via Revolvermann Records.

Origin and background

The songs for the album were written in 2010 and 2011. For example, “The Cave” was played at the band's first concert and rearranged for the album. The recordings took place within five days in the SU2 studios in the Saarland city ​​of Illingen . Produced, mixed and mastered was Renewal by Phil Hillen. Guitarist Jessie Schmidt described Renewal as a concept album about someone who feels pressured, is afraid of making mistakes and longs for change. In the first two songs, the person recognizes his position. During the songs “The Cave” and “Trail” the person grapples with the past and reconsiders his situation. Finally, with the two final titles, the person shows that he wants to change his situation.

The songs "Reveal" and "Aspire" represent the transitions between the three thematic blocks. The album cover was designed by Oliver Hummel. The clouds should represent the protagonist's flood of thoughts. The bright horizon should stand for positive thoughts, the dark clouds for negative thoughts.

Track list

  1. Framed - 6:06
  2. Unveiled - 8:25
  3. Reveal - 5:00
  4. The Cave - 6:08
  5. Trail - 8:40
  6. Aspire - 5:53
  7. Focus Shift - 4:14
  8. The Way of Origin - 7:21

reception

Martin Baltrusch from the online magazine Bloodchamber gave the album nine out of ten points for an "incredibly entertaining, purely instrumental album" that manages to sweep the listener away for the entire season. Reviewer Brix from the online magazine Neckbreaker wrote in his review that each track is a little pearl in itself and provides enough variety. He awarded eight out of ten points for the album. Frank Wehmeier from the online magazine Metal.de described Renewal as a "decent and entertaining post-rock album", but missed the band's independence and awarded them seven out of ten points.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maren: COLARIS: ... heavy and fluffy! Vampster , accessed October 31, 2013 .
  2. ^ Martin Baltrusch: Colaris - Renewal. Bloodchamber, accessed October 31, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Brix: Colaris - Renewal. Neckbreaker, accessed October 31, 2013 .
  4. ^ Frank Wehmeier: Colaris - Renewal. Metal.de, accessed on October 31, 2013 .