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What does One Day mean to you? Without doubt we are guilty of not always making the most of the time available to us, the twenty-four precious hours in which we while away time and find to our cost that between the raindrops and the moments of sunshine, we did nothing to enhance the fact that we were here, that we are as lost to the minutes as we are the years in which we breathe, in which we exist in.
Atlantaeum Flood have refused that notion, that premise to which we cling, and in their album One Day, the sense of time is heightened, the reckoning with the entity itself is joined and in stark contrast to the way in which the realm of the Progressive stands ready to slay the dragon of time, One Day realises that it must instead be reconciled with, that the fight is not with the entropy of time but with our misuse of it.
There is a spell over the album, a meaningful incantation that has been drawn and protected, one that sees the uniqueness of the music as a powerful enchanting beast that purrs as much as it growls. This should be of no surprise to the listener as they become once more enthralled by the five-piece collective that involves Marty Wilson-Piper, Steve and Lynne Knott, Olivia Wilson-Piper and Dare Mason all urging the moments of the song to grace the ethereal intensity with absolute style.
Recorded, produced and mixed by Dare Mason at the VIP Lounge in Penzance, One Day is the expression of time at its most complex and daringly beautiful, across tracks that encompass time like the points of a compass marking the way for the wanderer to walk, One Day is captivating and sincere in its belief. With a range of instruments to the collective’s name, and with additional floor toms, cymbals, shakers and snare by Nick McLeod, tracks such as Before Sunrise, Before Noon, After Sunset and After Midnight enthuse the sound with the memory that once held aloft music from bands like The Moody Blues; timeless in its presence.
A feeling of remorse and gain crown this beautiful album, a reminder that what we do with our day is not dictated by time, but by our own beating heart.
Atlantaeum Flood’s One Day is out now and available from Schoolkidsrecords.com
Ian D. Hall