{"product_id":"whispers-in-the-shadow-the-urgency-of-now-cd","title":"Whispers In The Shadow - The Urgency Of Now","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter four years Austria’s longest living Gothic\/Post Punk band returns to the stage with their ninth album, deeply rooted in the here and now, an album that could only have been written during the last year. After their cyclic conceptual work about occultism and magic that has spawned over their last 4 albums, it’s time once more to find new ways of creativity and expression. New font, logo, new cover artwork style, even in their 21st year of existence WITS are open to walk the unknown\r\npath that leads to a sound unheard of by the band so far. Raw, direct, without keyboards and atmospheric sounds the music provides the soil for the on point and almost uncomfortable urgent lyrics. Lines like: No one controls the controls. Detractors on the rise. Spreading twisted truths and true lies” (from Detractors) and “Here come the colors. Here come the lights. Trumpets instead of flutes.” (from The Rat King) speak for themselves. Singer Ashley Dayour: “In times like these, you\r\ndo have a certain kind of responsibility as an artist to your audience and to yourself. It’s important to speak up for the freedom of humanity and art. It’s almost negligent to sit back and just see what happens next, as if all this is nothing of one’s concern.”\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBesides commentaries of the present state of the world the other big theme of the album is more of a personal matter. A self-critical review of the past and younger days of the band as in the track Scavengers of Time, or the loss of a close person in Morning Falls. The Album closes with one of the moodiest songs in their entire diskography. Exit-Gardens is a self-critical view in the mirror, a warning to one’s self.\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracklisting:\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ctable class=\"tracklist_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"80%\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd align=\"right\" width=\"10\" class=\"tracklist_head\"\u003e No.\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd align=\"left\" width=\"90%\" class=\"tracklist_head\"\u003e Track \u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd align=\"center\" width=\"10\" class=\"tracklist_head\"\u003e Time\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ctr class=\"trackline\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist\" align=\"right\"\u003e1\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist\" align=\"left\"\u003eWatchcry\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist\" align=\"center\"\u003e--\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ctr class=\"trackline\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"trackline\" align=\"right\"\u003e2\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"trackline\" align=\"left\"\u003eA Rhythm Calles Zero\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"trackline\" align=\"center\"\u003e--\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ctr class=\"trackline\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist\" align=\"right\"\u003e3\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist\" align=\"left\"\u003eThe Urgency Of Now\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist\" align=\"center\"\u003e--\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ctr class=\"trackline\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"trackline\" align=\"right\"\u003e4\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"trackline\" align=\"left\"\u003eMorning Falls\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"trackline\" align=\"center\"\u003e--\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ctr class=\"trackline\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist\" align=\"right\"\u003e5\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist\" align=\"left\"\u003eScavengers Of Time\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist\" align=\"center\"\u003e--\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ctr class=\"trackline\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"trackline\" align=\"right\"\u003e6\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"trackline\" align=\"left\"\u003eLake Of Fire\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"trackline\" align=\"center\"\u003e--\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ctr class=\"trackline\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist\" align=\"right\"\u003e7\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist\" align=\"left\"\u003eThe Rat King\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist\" align=\"center\"\u003e--\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ctr class=\"trackline\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"trackline\" align=\"right\"\u003e8\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"trackline\" align=\"left\"\u003eDetractors\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"trackline\" align=\"center\"\u003e--\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ctr class=\"trackline\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist\" align=\"right\"\u003e9\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist\" align=\"left\"\u003eExit-Gardens\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist\" align=\"center\"\u003e--\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"pop-o-naut","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":57974066217334,"sku":"4042564183016","price":14.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0995\/4859\/4550\/files\/wits_4042564183016.jpg?v=1780320452","url":"https:\/\/poponaut.com\/products\/whispers-in-the-shadow-the-urgency-of-now-cd","provider":"POPoNAUT - Ticket- und Musikversand","version":"1.0","type":"link"}