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The USA dark pop/pagan-synth act Esoterik today released its new full-length, Alchemy, via Trisol Music Group. The concept of Alchemy has many different forms and interpretations, but the analogy holds true for any artist in that we take elements or ingredients, which on their own have a certain character and then take on a transformation into something that didn't exist before.
Is it magick, or is it something more tangible? Who's to say? But there's no denying that words have power, and music in itself has the ability to illicit a variety of emotions that time stamp our journey throughout life.
About the album Alchemy, the band states: "We took a different approach with this album than we have in the past with a clear vision from the start thematically of what we wanted to achieve and then crafted each track around that. When we begin writing new songs for an album they take shape in a variety of forms, but it's important to us and we've also found it makes things much easier when we start to record, to ensure the foundation and structure are solid and flows well from melody to composition. A lot of these songs are written on an acoustic guitar and sound very different from the arrangements you hear now. We feel that once a song can stand on its own without all the bells and whistles, it can be guided into any genre with subtle tweaks here and there".
Founded in 2013, Esoterik has steadily evolved into what one fan lovingly coined as pagan-synth. The band, comprised of Allison Eckfeldt and Brady Bledsoe, released the Set Fire To Me EP in May 2017, which included several re-worked versions of tracks off their debut album Enlightenment. In late 2018, the duo signed with German label Trisol Music Group and quickly hit the studio to polish up its third album, Énouement. After coming off the road from a six-week tour supporting UK based act Grendel in August of 2019, the band patiently used the downtime 2020 provided to finish writing songs for the new album, Alchemy. A lyric video for the new album's track "Fire" awaits you right below. Link
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