Afterwords (The Gathering album)
Afterwords is the eleventh studio album by the Dutch alternative rock band The Gathering released via Psychonaut label on 25 October 2013.[2]
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| Released | 25 October 2013 | |||
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| Length | 41:29 | |||
| Label | Psychonaut PSYN0019 | |||
| Producer | René Rutten | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Sputnikmusic | 2.6/5[1] |
Background
The record is the last album before the band went on hiatus and bassist Marjolein Kooijman quit in 2014. Afterwords is somewhat a continuation of the previous album, Disclosure, containing remakes of five of the songs. De-constructed to just a few main elements, with a melody and perhaps a few lyrics retained, the songs start almost from scratch to build up completely different compositions.[3]
S.I.B.A.L.D. stands for "Sometimes it's better a little dusty".
Areas is a cover of synthpop band New Musik from their 1981 album Anywhere.[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "S.I.B.A.L.D." | 5:02 |
| 2. | "Echoes Keep Growing" | 6:52 |
| 3. | "Areas" (New Musik cover) | 4:18 |
| 4. | "Afterwords" | 4:01 |
| 5. | "Tuning In, Fading Out" | 3:51 |
| 6. | "Gemini III" | 4:00 |
| 7. | "Afterlights" | 1:58 |
| 8. | "Sleep Paralysis" | 3:15 |
| 9. | "Bärenfels" | 8:12 |
| Total length: | 41:29 | |
Personnel
The Gathering
- Silje Wergeland : vocals, lyrics (except track 4), piano (on track 8)
- René Rutten : guitar, bass (on tracks 2, 3, 4, 6), mixing, recording, engineer, music (on tracks 1, 2, 6, 8), producer
- Marjolein Kooijman : bass (on tracks 1, 8, 9), guitar (on track 8)
- Hans Rutten : drums
- Frank Boeijen : keyboards, mixing, recording, engineer, music (on track 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), vocals (on track 3)
Guests
- Noel Hofman : trumpet on tracks 1 and 9
- Bart Smits : vocals and lyrics on track 4
- Jakob Johannessen : speech on track 9
Credits
- Martijn Busink : design
- Carlos Manuel Vergara Rivera : illustration
- Paul Matthijs Lombert : mastering
- Tony Mansfield : music and lyrics on track 3
- Gema Pérez : photography
Reception
Terra Relicta gave it a positive review.[4]
Taking the elements from the previous album, the band has rebuilt some of the songs, structurally sounding more or less similar. “Echoes Keep Growing” is just an extension to “I Can See Four Miles”, while “Sleep Paralysis” (“Paralyzed”), “Tuning In, Fading Out” (“Missing Seasons”) and “Bärenfels” (“Heroes For Ghosts”) are more instrumental versions with a lot of emphasis on electronics. There is also some new material, the opening and wonderful “S.I.B.A.L.D.”, “Gemini III” and “Afterlights”, which is a short instrumental intro into “Sleep Paralysis”. It also features a New Musik’s cover of “Areas” and “Afterwords” with Bart Smits (the first vocalist of the band) on the vocals, both songs which are utterly unnecessary as they don’t fit into the dynamics of the album.
—Review on Terra Relicta (6.5/10)
References
- "The Gathering: Afterwords". Sputnikmusic. sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- "The Gathering – Afterwords". discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- "The Gathering – Afterwords". swirlsofnoise.wordpress.com. January 7, 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
- Čepin, Ines (January 25, 2014). "The Gathering - Afterwords (2013) - Review". Terra Relicta. Archived from the original on February 19, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
