Neue Single der Prog Rocker Quantum
QUANTUM´s upcoming album, "Down the Mountainside", (release date: 19. April, via Black Lodge Records) contains eight very elaborate and intense compositions, spanning 45 minutes of music that shimmers in acoustic soundscapes one minute to explode into spastic grooves in the next.
The lyrical themes deal with humans alter egos - or masks - that people in our society rely on in order to get by with their everyday lives, and how these affect them psychologically and eventually lead them towards a breaking point. There is also commentary on how this behavior affects the general attitude in the society we live in.
Overall, with "Down the Mountainside", QUANTUM has created a timeless progressive rock album, which feels both fresh and innovative, which will appeal to old prog diggers as well as listeners of the more modern school. The album features guitar solos from the brilliant Richard Henshall and Tom MacLean from the band Haken.
Quantum - Abstract Bliss (Official Music Video): https://youtu.be/2fofQrLumOQ?si=eHHoCFe19Se4LIis
Quantum is a progressive rock band formed by bass player and singer Anton Ericsson, drummer Olof Simander and Guitarist Fredrik Reinholdsen back in 2016 and has since been playing in various line-ups live around Stockholm and Uppsala - with Anton being the constant member and songwriter. Influences are wide - spanning from romantic composers like Berlioz and Rachmaninoff to metal bands such as Mastodon & The Dillinger Escape Plan, to old school prog in the vein of Genesis and King Crimson.
Quantum’ music is characterized by a sound that blends music from genres across the spectrum - Prog rock, metal, late romantic era classical music and Jazz all collide - but somehow remains coherent and very captivating.
Anton from Quantum comments the single Abstract Bliss
Abstract Bliss is simultaneously one of the most accessible and also most spastic songs on the album. The combination of a catchy chorus melody, 19th century harmony and furious mathy riffs with nasty guitar leads in the bridge section makes for a fast-paced track that will hook you in and become better and better with each listen. It features both drummer Marcus Lundberg (verse) and me - bass player Anton Ericsson (chorus, bridge) - on lead vocals, and has some samples from published CIA documentations as well as a "Problem drinker"-infovid. Lyrically, it deals with heavy alcohol consumption, and how it affects the people drinking as well as the people close to them. I wanted to address the tendency that people can have to identify with their intoxicated self and hide behind it as a kind of mask.
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