The fifth Anubis studio album consists of acoustic reimaginings of music from 230503, A Tower of Silence, Hitchhiking to Byzantium and The Second Hand.
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Different Stories on CD is limited to 500 copies worldwide.
Includes unlimited streaming of Different Stories
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The title track of our 2014 studio LP is a European favourite and very much the epic style we've become known for.
The original music track was written by Dean, made more pretentious by me and finished by Robbie.
The original track included lots of keyboard layering, and for this album, I'd banned myself from using anything that wasn't in some way either acoustic or at least 'accepted' as an unplugged instrument (like the organs). To get the string textures, it needed strings.
I am not a very good violinist (understatement), but with a lot of grumbling and overdubbing, I managed get a Dave string quartet onto the record which I'm actually really rather proud of.
The arrangement is one that I think most closely keeps the flavour and grandeur of the original track, but still manages to sound really different from it.
DE
Robbie - Lead Voice, Percussion
Dave - Piano, Celeste, Hammond Organ, Violins, Cello, Voice
Dougie - Acoustic 6-String Guitar
Dean - Acoustic 6-String Guitar, Voice
Anton - Electric Bass
Steve - Drums
lyrics
Standing, frozen, lonely, in the dead of night;
But further down the road is something bright;
A place that fuels my need for warmth and light.
Can you pull yourself together,
When there’s no pieces left?
And can you crawl your way towards a home,
Pretending it's your own?
Waiting for the daybreak so we can turn and run,
Awakening new chances when moonlight fades to sun.
As life became too hard for me to explain,
It seemed that I was strong enough to remain,
But I was just too weak to make that change.
On the other side, lie all my hopes;
That cannot be denied.
The promise that will help me re-define,
And leave the doubt behind.
I’ll crawl from east to west,
Forgetting all the promises I kept,
And tell myself that on the other side,
I’ll no longer need to hide.
Waiting for the daybreak so we can turn and run,
Awakening new chances when moonlight fades to sun.
Living life in circles, like a devil's carosel,
The last of my life's chances to find heaven in this hell.
I’ve had to understand that I cannot hide;
I’ve had to torture myself and swallow my pride;
I’ve only got myself to blame as I hitchhike.
credits
from Different Stories,
released May 23, 2018
Originally written by Robert James Moulding, David Eaton and Dean Bennison
This arrangement by Moulding/Eaton/Eaton/Skene/Bennison/Stewart
Anubis is a cinematic Progressive Rock band from Sydney, Australia. Formed in 2004.
The band has
released to date 6 studio records to date, 2 live albums and toured Europe twice. The latest album, ‘Homeless’ reached number 4 in the Australian Indie chart in March 2020. ...more
supported by 66 fans who also own “Hitchhiking to Byzanium”
Whilst delivering well crafted music, unless you focus on the lyrics, you could miss the story lines. This is the last of the war trilogy, so subtle ,but so poignant. Superb music with broken road and Holding On ,on permanent repeat. Listen and become enthralled. Top quality song writing and musicianship.10/10
kzra
supported by 61 fans who also own “Hitchhiking to Byzanium”
As with previous releases this is a solid album from start to finish which continues the storyline, themes and signatures perfectly.
'Enigma' and 'Another Same' are on par with or superior to many commercial offerings by established prog artists.
The Waters, Wilson and Hayward influences shine through once more but I also hear song writing very much in the style of Difford and Tilbrook, 'Trough of War' & 'Another Same' probably being the best examples.
These chaps are the real deal!
rex-the-younger