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Origin of Symmetry
Rock · 2001 · 8 tracks · 55m

Origin of Symmetry

June 13, 2001 · Taste Media Limited

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Origin of Symmetry is the sound of a band shedding their influences and ascending into a stratosphere of their own making. It is an album that feels like a collision between the 19th-century concert hall and a dystopian future.

The music is defined by a restless energy, where delicate, classical piano motifs are suddenly obliterated by some of the most aggressive, distorted bass tones ever committed to tape. It is a record that embraces melodrama not as a flaw, but as a primary engine of expression.

Tracklist · 8 Tracks · 55m
03
Space Dementia
6:21
05
Plug In Baby
3:40
06
Citizen Erased
7:19
07
Micro Cuts
3:38
08
Screenager
4:20
09
Darkshines
4:47
11
Futurism
3:27
12
Megalomania
4:38
Moments Worth Listening For
The transition from the delicate piano intro to the crushing fuzz-bass riff in New Born.
The haunting, multi-tracked falsetto climax during the bridge of Micro Cuts.
The use of a massive church organ to ground the spacey melodrama of Megalomania.
The frantic, percussive piano arpeggios that drive the momentum of Space Dementia.
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