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Poland is starting to be recognised as a hotbed of prog, especially after bands such as Riverside, Satellite and Collage have made big impressions over here. Osada Vida are a reasonably new bunch of kids from the former eastern block and this is their fourth album, though thanks to Metal Mind Productions, the first to escape to the wide world. I've no idea what their previous albums sounded like, but this one is a treat for those of you who like your prog tinged with a heavier edge, as seems to be the fashion amongst Polish bands.
The band is comprised of Lukasz Lisiak (bass and vocals), Bartek Bereska (guitars), Adam Podzimski (drums and percussion) and Rafal Paluszek (keyboards) and they have supported Fish and Riverside in the recent past.
Three Seats Behind A Triangle is a concept album based on, well, in their own words "Three seats behind a triangle... Well, in fact it's not a really interesting or noticeable place in the orchestra, which hardly anybody wished to take. Most of Dreamers see themselves in the light of flashes.
Painters, artists, musicians, doctors, architects, sportsmen, scientists... etc.
In the childhood or in the early adolescence many Dreamers discover their passions, pretending to sing to the broomstick, playing on the tennis rocket, painting every single view, spending the whole hours in the pitch, collecting insects and plants etc. Various areas of art, science, sport initially treated as a hobby, become their main aim and they decide to devote to their passions, making of them a kind of lifestyle. They also dream to create something, what will be noticed and appreciated, something, that can change views and bring people some profits.
Having finished their education, Dreamers full of ideals, take up different activities, which they treat as temporary or as a "break" in a long way to the fame, career or a great revolution. Unfortunately, not all dreams come true at once. An idealistic and positive attitude is not always treated seriously by the people around and reluctantly considered by the job givers. Innovatory ideas are thought to be not commercial enough, unreal or too vanguard. So in most cases Dreamers "do their job" at work and perform passions after hours. But after some time they realize how much time they've wasted, what makes them feel annoyed and desperate inside. Maybe it will be too late for revolutions in a while...
This irritating invariability of every day is intolerable for Dreamers, so their passions become sleeping. They only fulfill someone's orders, the freedom of creativity has no right to be. They're bitterly disappointed with the whole situation. Dreamers mentally grow up to say, that the present times aren't good for idealists.
What's left for them is their passion. Accepting the order of the world in which they must exist, they do what they're expected to. However, Dreamers are again trying to treat their passion as hobbies. The passion makes them content, torn from the surrounding reality, lets them perform their visions. Without waiting for an admiration of world - only for their own pleasure of creativity, thinking, moving etc.
Dreamers take an unwanted seat: three seats behind a triangle. Although, what always remains in them is the passion."
There, that said it better than I could. I was gonna go for something like "Arty farty dreamers give up on the rest of us and just pleasure themselves" but it didn't sount quite right.
Musically, the band sound similar to Porcupine Tree, Riverside and Pain of Salvation, but with a few jazzier touches thrown into the mixing bowl.
My favourite tracks are the Pictures From Inside duo, though the rest of the album is not far behind.
As long as we can keep sending Galahad and their like over there, and get bands like this back in return, we'll be happy boys and girls.
Tracklist:
- The Passion
- Pictures From Inside – Part 1 – Colours & Notes
- Pictures From Inside – Part 2 – Unlimited Mind
- The Decision
- Devotion – Part 1 – After Hours
- Devotion – Part 2 – Flying Time
- Tension Blossoms
- Everyday Ltd.
- Boiling Point
- Bitterly Disappointed
- The Rebirth Of Passion
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