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Topic: Amorphous Androgynous & Peter Hammill -- new album
Posted: October 31 2020 at 12:00

"We Persuade Ourselves We Are Immortal"

New Psych/Prog album by Amorphous Androgynous (aka Future Sound of London) and Peter Hammill

Also features Paul Weller (The Jam; Style Council)

Release Date: November 20, 2020

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Posted: October 31 2020 at 12:17

The Amorphous Androgynous & Peter Hammill... sounds like an interesting combination. I have "The Amorphous Androgynous - A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble (Exploding In Your Mind): The Wizards of Oz", an interesting compilation album of Australian psychedelic rock.

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Posted: October 31 2020 at 12:44

Never heard of Amorphous Androgynous but everything that has Peter Hammill on board is worthy of listen! And this cover art is just spectacular!

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Posted: November 03 2020 at 16:14

I don't know if this link will work, but it's a promo vid for the AA/Hammill Record Store Day album, and it gives a good vibe for what to expect from the project. Vid is awesome, very trippy...

Edited by bucka001 - November 03 2020 at 16:15

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Posted: November 05 2020 at 15:23

And here's the description from Burning Shed...

Opening with the 13 minute epic space prog rock of title track We Persuade Ourselves We Are Immortal (written with Peter Hammill and Paul Weller) the themes of mortality and immortality are then musically and conceptually catapulted to the far flung corners of the AA sonic multiverse over 40+ minutes utilizing choir, moog, a live orchestral string section, harp and vintage synth all fed against a backdrop of classic rock and psych samplerdelia of the Amorphous Androgynous. Space Odyssey like dystopian choirs and moog of Hymortality crash full force into the Led Zep Bonham-like drums of the Immortality Break while Synthony On A Theme of Mortality lives up to its name as an almost Vangelis?Bladerunner-esque vintage synthony of some of the themes of the original track utilizing the classic 70s Yamaha CS80 synth before triumphantly soaring to lift off adrift a Pink Floyd-like female wailing aria against classic vintage guitar rock. Psych Recap is all backwards voices and guitars over pounding Tomorrow Never Knows-era Beatles bass and drums with dislocated Peter Hammill psychedelic vocals before the whole cosmic trip cascades finally into the harp daydream reverie and minimoog space landings, choir and french romantic strings of Physically I’m Here, Mentally Far, Far Away.

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Posted: November 23 2020 at 10:14

It's excellent, though more of an EP than an album. Similar to the concept of FSOL releases such as Cascade and Lifeforms, although the Amorphous Androgynous soundworld is very different from FSOL.

I like it very much, and Hammill is instantly recognisable. Clap

Edited by Szwagier - November 23 2020 at 10:18

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Posted: November 23 2020 at 12:31

Will put on my list to listen to. Love the cover. Poor guy has a tentacle up his nose.

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Posted: November 23 2020 at 14:10

You can hear a couple of parts of the piece on this link. Hammill's main contribution is in part 1, but his voice pops up all through it.

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Posted: December 26 2020 at 05:43

While waiting for reviews to start appearing (i.e. Mojo, Prog, Uncut, etc), here's a telltale tweet from Jerry Ewing (the main man at Prog magazine) relating to the new album.

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Posted: December 26 2020 at 06:18

Hi Chris,

the AA's (wow, that is not a cool acronym

) bandcamp features two tracks for listen, but I don't hear much Peter Hammill in there

But I suspect that their other releases are up for discovery.

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