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Vintersörg
mainman Mr V returns with his second album
“Imaginative” under the Waterclime
name following on from 2006’s “The
Astral Factor” (Lion Music). Once
again the basis lies in symphonic and progressive
rock but it is also spiced up with some
jazzy crescendos and folk atmospheres. A
large part of the songs are the multilayer
vocals as well as the keyboards with thousands
of nuances. Still every other instrument
has its specific role and place in this
mixture of styles and atmospheres. The instrumentation
is built around keyboards, guitars, bass
and drums where every instrument is given
space. Other suitable instruments as organs,
flutes and mellotron are also present to
give that “organic” touch to
it.
Lyrically
this album deals a lot with personal translations
of dreams and fantastical visions, written
in a poetic tongue to emphasize a romantic
touch. They shine of both sadness and hope
and are wrapped in an aura of magic, as
a contraposition to the mechanical and often
static presence of the society. Personal
wonderings of how our world is put together
is yet another perspective that’s
easy to trace in the words without plunging
into religious or political matters.
Mr
V’s aim with Imaginative was, “To
continue to explore progressive and symphonic
rock through a Nordic atmosphere. Another
goal was to challenge myself to write better
and more adventurous songs with both melody
and depth. On the first CD the songs was
kind of in the same vein all along the album,
with this one a more diverse and dramatic
approach is taken”.
Imaginative
differs from its predecessor “The
Astral Factor” by being more diverse
and with more perfected arrangements. The
whole product is a step up on the ladder
of progression; from the songs to the production
and the mastering etc. It’s written
out of the same love for the type of music
but is more mature and unique.
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