FROM WITHIN

This album introduced me to the music of Anekdoten, and perhaps therefore I like the sound of their recent albums more. I appreciate the overall feeling of their music, which is created with mellotrons, dark and moody melodic guitar passages, and a fine rhythm section. Compositions are also good, and the tracks follow each other nicely with fine dramatic logics. Lyrics are also sincere young person's homemade poems, and not too produced artsy legends. Though their earlier albums can be justified to resemble King Crimson, which was their biggest early influence, here the music has already matured as highly unique and very pleasant to listen. I understood the collaboration with Landberk's musicians on Morte Macabre project had its part on this progression of finding more unique own sound. "The Sun Absolute" carries the soundtrack feeling of that project, which could have fit to some Dario Argento's film. "Hole" stands as an ultimate catharsis of self-distress experienced on snowflake filled streets of a city, with no way in nor no way out. The heavier crushings of "Kiss of Life" and "Groundbound" conclude eventually to hopefulness of coda for someone. Very strong powers emerged from this accessible classic album, and many times have I burned the midnight lamp alone, finding solace from this powerful gatecrasher of emotions and psyche.