Sonic Child
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19th September 2014 |
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| Label (s) | Napalm Records | |||
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48 min 18 s |
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Martin Meinschäfer |
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Sonic Child is the third studio album by the German blues rock band Zodiac . It was released on September 19, 2014 via Napalm Records .
Emergence
After the release of the previous album A Hiding Place , the band began to write new songs. At the end of 2013 the band was supposed to play a tour in North America in support of Monster Magnet . Two days before departure, the musicians were denied the necessary visas . Since the band members have already taken vacation from their jobs for the planned tour , the musicians spontaneously decided to rehearse new songs. After all, half of the material for the new album was available when the time ran out. The music was written by all four band members, while singer Nick van Delft and drummer Janosch Rathmer wrote the lyrics.
The recordings lasted three to four weeks. The album was produced by Martin Meinschäfer. First the instrumentals were recorded. Some of the songs were recorded live. Then the vocals were recorded under the direction of Henrik Freischlader . Guest musicians include Jojo Brunn keyboards and Henrik Freischlader ( background vocals ). With the song Not Fragile , Zodiac recorded a cover version of a song by Bachman-Turner Overdrive . For the songs A Penny and a Dead Horse and Sonic Child were music videos rotated.
Sonic Child is a concept album about the love of music. The album cover shows a little boy listening to music through his headphones . According to the drummer Janosch Rathmer, “as a child, you didn't first look on Facebook to see how a band dresses when you discover new music”. The band wanted to focus on the music. The song Out of the City was released on a split single with the band Audrey Horne . The Norwegian band had also released a song entitled Out of the City on their album Pure Heavy , which was released around the same time .
Track list
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The first limited edition includes a bonus CD with the songs Not Fragile and Shine On . In addition, the CD contains the songs Free and Cortez the Killer , which were recorded live at the Rock Hard Festival 2014, and the songs Upon the Stone and Failure from the demo released in 2011 .
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Holger Stratmann from the German magazine Rock Hard described Sonic Child as an "extremely analog, real-sounding lucky bag". However, he complained that there were some candidates for removal among the titles and awarded eight out of ten points. Frank Thießiess from the German magazine Metal Hammer described Sonic Child as the “previous masterpiece” of the band. Since Zodiac “found the essential essences of good old guitar music”, Thießiess awarded six out of seven points. Timon Menge from the online magazine Metalnews.de was more critical , who would not even buy the album for five euros , since "with this uninspired splash the CD player would switch to standby mode by itself ". Quantity awarded three out of seven points.
Sonic Child brought Zodiac the first chart placement in the band's history. The album entered the German album charts at number 47 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jens Peters: The child in the man . In: Rock Hard , November 2014, page 48
- ↑ a b Tom Küppers: Music about everything . In: Metal Hammer , October 2014, page 80
- ↑ Charly: Zodiac - Sonic Child / Interview + Review. Rock blog Bluesspot, accessed October 26, 2014 .
- ↑ Chart discography Germany
- ^ Holger Stratmann: Zodiac - Sonic Child. Rock Hard, accessed October 22, 2018 .
- ^ Frank Thießiess: Zodiac - Sonic Child. Metal Hammer. Retrieved October 26, 2014 .
- ↑ Timon Quantity: Zodiac - Sonic Child. (No longer available online.) Metalnews.de, archived from the original on October 26, 2014 ; Retrieved October 26, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
