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Snowtorch

by Phideaux

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Alrihkh
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Alrihkh If I comprehend the gist of the lyrics right, I’d say there’s probably a lot of folks who’d relate to them now, during the current pandemic, pondering life/death while isolating.
I still need to listen to a lot of Phideaux’s catalogue, but my intuition tells me this one will be near the top of my favourite Phideaux albums list when I’m done, if not at the apex. This is a great conceptual prog rock album. I’m late to the party, but better late than never! 8.5+/10. Favorite track: Snowtorch (Part One).
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Avionix Snowtorch is a very succinct album that flows as one song, in my opinion, even better than the albums it was inspired by such as Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull. Profound in both its lyrical and musical offerings. Favorite track: Snowtorch (Part One).
Baptiste G
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Baptiste G Snowtorch est de loin l'un des albums les plus prenants, intenses, riches et sensibles que je connaisse. Un pur plaisir, un vrai chef-d'oeuvre. Surprenant à chaque écoute !
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1.
STAR OF LIGHT Star of light, see what you gave You cheated away the cold dark night Edge of a blade, let’s meet at the grave Of the wax figurines Ice melts, upsets the sea, submit, follow me Walk with me now in the sunlight Daylight, down with the night Invincible light, are you back with us now? Source of all reason, I’ve come alive “Finally,” I cried. And it’s me, I have arrived Now, is this the seed rooting in me? Is it the tree that I wanted to climb? Down or high, my senses strive on For all I can see Tell me how the planet was formed In a gas cloud, out of dust we were born Are you dusty, my figurehead friends? What’s it feel like to come to the end? So tell me, have you any regrets? From your glass house can you see what you’ve set Are you listening to the things that they’ve said In your diary — the book of the dead See the helix alive, we cast you aside and thrive So come now and we’ll settle the bet It’s a dark hour that you’ll never forget Is it lonely as you take in the next to last breath And die ReTROGRAde I bring to you the words you threw into my face once before I’m only here to spread some fear I need you to know you will die And not very nicely — surprise! I know what you need I promise you, when we get through You might not believe but I tried Your head will scream: divide with me Emerge like a new butterfly Purge all the worms left inside (birds want a good time) So don’t evade the surgeon’s blade Cos the answer could be in your mind Maybe one cut and we’ll find We’re just a wavelength behind But we are entwined And I know what you need FOX ON THe ROCKS When is a fox not a fox? When it hides in the rocks and prepares to reveal itself Dropping the guise to expose That it knows what you don’t want to show Why are we swerving to stop at the top of the clock Like we really could save ourselves What if I said that the world doesn’t end in the end But continues to mend itself How can you count the amount Of a mountain that sprouts If you’re not there when it comes out CeLeSTINe (instrumental)
2.
Helix 05:54
HeLIX Tell me, when the planet was formed Was it easy to believe there was more Were we learning to expand and explore Did we weather the storm? Or get lost in the dust of disturbance and cloud Caught in the force of the shadow of doubt Feel the helix alive, feel it inside So tell me how to lose the regret The glass sits more than half empty yet Salvation in one last cigarette I might want to forget Or get lost in the rush of distraction and lust Take one little step To the end where you must Everything depends on a moment of trust Come and be seen And you’re saved from the dust So come now and let’s settle the debt It’s a wager I don’t want to accept I’ll keep looking, maybe this is a test To get up from the sloth and face what I see In for the kill that is coming for me All it feeds on is pleasure All it values is crass It’s depraved beyond measure But it’s top of the class Every god is a letdown All heroes are false So there ends the lesson It’s a hell of a course
3.
BLOWTORCH SNOWJOB (instrumental) FOX ROCK 2 When is a man just a mouse? When he hides in the house and ignores what is happening Covers his eyes to the lies that he tells So he won’t have to know Hiding away from the fray In a hole in the wall In a world become small. Nothing to say Cause the cat got his tongue and then he lost his balls What if I said that he might not be dead in the head But instead he is opening Into his eyes and his ears it appears that he hears And it’s always been happening How can you halt the assault of ideas from the box When Pandora destroyed the lock? I’ll bet you probably want to stay away From all the things you found Cos it’s bound to drag you down It takes you further from home You try to crush your doubts but there’s so damn many now What will it take to erase the mistakes from the day When the Fox threw it all away CORONAL MASS eJeCTION Look: The unseen escape Break from the known, take what you own Cause, or is it some effect straight for your neck straight for the wreck that is luring you near Isolate and take what you get I don’t want to know, say it’s not so Out on my own, I’m pleading uncertainty It’s a long way home, a long way home again A long way alone Ice, nice, it gets you so cold, but you don’t even know What feelings you’ve folded in again Night fight — I know what I know: That it’s not easy Bring me stones and all I can eat from these bones Is this fortress all my own? I see, branches around, they surround me, stairs going down I hear breaking — what is that sound? It’s confusing and, boy, is it loud Down where there is light, sound, spectrum of night When we fell to the ground In the madness, something came out And it’s moving, dissolving the doubt These words, these beautiful vowels Storming around from the silence where everything’s found Always looming, like rain from a cloud Words, and all that’s aroused
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. 02:40

credits

released March 20, 2011

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Ariel Farber: Vocals, Violin

Valerie Gracious: Vocals

'Bloody' Rich Hutchins: Drums

Mathew Kennedy: Bass Guitar

Gabriel Moffat: Electric Guitar

Linda Ruttan Moldawsky: Vocals

Molly Ruttan: Vocals, Metal Percussion

Mark Sherkus: Keyboards, Piano

Johnny Unicorn: Keyboards, Saxophone, Vocals

Phideaux Xavier: Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Vocals


Special assistance from

Stefanie Fife: Cello

Chris Bleth: Flute, Soprano Saxophone

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