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Hero (CD & LPs)

by Amarok

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Packaged in a gatefold digipack with clear tray, 12-page booklet and hype sticker affixed to the shrink wrap on the front.

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Comes with printed inner sleeve. Machine numbered hype sticker on shrink foil.

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Machine numbered hype sticker on shrink foil.
    Limited to 300 copies
    Comes with printed inner sleeve

    Includes unlimited streaming of Hero (CD & LPs) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 1 day

      €36 EUR or more 

     

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Machine numbered hype sticker on shrink foil.
    Limited to 300 copies
    Comes with printed inner sleeve

    Includes unlimited streaming of Hero (CD & LPs) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 1 day

      €36 EUR or more 

     

1.
It’s Not The End 05:23
2.
Surreal 05:01
3.
Hail! Hail! Al 06:28
4.
The Orb 04:58
5.
The Dark Parade 05:23
6.
Hero 07:11
7.
What You Sow 07:23

about

In 2021, Amarok returned with a new album. Michal and Marta Wojtas were joined by their old friends Kornel Poplawski and Konrad Zielinski, and the result of this collaboration was the album "Hero", a spiritual sequel to the 2017 “Hunt”.

"Hero" presents a fusion of musical styles known and loved by fans and critics alike. Here the sounds of progressive rock, folk and ambient mix together, complemented by a wonderful and subtle guitar virtuosity. The soundscape feels exotic, thanks to the use of uncommon instruments such as violin, theremin, wind gong, djembe, harmonium, flute, and rainsticks.

The pieces have a strong lyrical layer, with their vocals referencing the ongoing digitalization of our life and the unsure position of a human in the future world. There are also beautiful instrumental fragments reminiscent of film scores similar in style to the depictions from the War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. Hero is a story of a protagonist, fighting for survival, going up against reality and themselves. It’s about everyone courageously facing the unknown. The lyrics based on this idea, also touch on the pandemic and the state of the world.

The album „Hero” is a collection of innovative, fresh, and spatial compositions with just as good lyrical parts, that inquires into our current questions about the future. We recommend spending a while relaxing, reflecting and entering the world of this unique music. The climate of each and every piece mesmerizes the first time you hear it and brings you back again and again.

credits

released October 15, 2021

Music by Michał Wojtas
Lyrics by Marta Wojtas
Produced by Amarok
Michał Wojtas – voc, bac voc, el. guitar, ac guitar, synthesizers, upright piano, harmonium, theremin, el. drum beats, gong (7), cello, flute, sampling, miscellaneous
Marta Wojtas – voice (1,6), bac voc (3,4,7), gong, frame drum, djembe, percussions
Kornel Popławski – bass (1,2,4-6), violin (1,3,4), bac voc (1), additional synth (3, 6)
Konrad Zieliński – drums (1-6)

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