▄█████▄ ░█████▄ ▄████▄░█▄ ░█▄ ▄█████▄ ███▄██ ▄██ ▄█▄ ▄██████ ▄█▄ ▄███ ░████░██▀████▓ ▀██ ▄██░▀█████ ████ ███▓ ██████▓██ ▓███████ ███▓░▀█▀████ ███▓ ███▓ ▓███░ ██ ██▄ ▄██▓██ ▓███▓██░ ▓███░███░███████████▄ ███░███░ ███░ ▄███ ███ ▄█▀░ ████████░██ █████████▄ ▓██░███ ███▓█████████ ███████ ███ ███░ ███████ ███▓ ░██ ██ ██████▓ ░██ ▀██ ███░███▓██████ ███▓███ ███ ███ ████████░███░ ███ ██▄ ██▓███░ ██▄ ██░██▓ ███ ▀▀████ ███░███ ███ ███ ███▓░███████░ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███▓██▓██░ ███ ▓████ ███ ███ ▓██▓ ███ ███░ ▓██████ ███ ▓████ ▓██▄ ▓████████ ███ ▓███ ███ ███ ███░███ ███ ░██████ ███ ░████ ░███ ███▓███▓ ███ ░███ ███ ███ ██▓███ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███ ▓██▄ ███░███░ ███ ███ ███ ███ ░█████ ███ ██▓░██▄ ███ ▓█▀ ▓██▄ ███ ██░ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ░███▀ ░█▀ ██░ ██ ░█▀ ░███▄ ▀ ▀ ▓█▀ ███░ ░█▀ ██▀ ██░ ▄██▀ ░█▄ ▄███▀ ░██ ░ ██ ▓░ ▓░ ██░ ▓█░ ░█▀ ▀█░ ░█▓ ░ ██ ██ Artist: Paatos ██ ██ ▓ █░░ ■█ Album: V █■ ░░█ ■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2012 █ ▀▓█ ░ █ ▓ Rel. Date: 2017-01-03 ▓ █ ▒ ▒ Genre: Progressive Rock ▒ ▒ █▄ ░ Label: GlassVille Records ░ ▄█ ░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█ ░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░ ▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓ ▓ █ █ ░ ▓ ▄ ■ ■ ▓ ■ ░█ █░ ▀ █ Paatos were formed in Sweden in 2000, and was █ █ originally formed by two guys from Landberk (Reine █ █ and Stefan) and two from Agg (Ricard and Johan) to █ █ act as a backing band for the folk singer Turid. █ █ From there they decided to create their own band █ █ and brought in Ricard's partner Petronella as lead █ █ singer. A year later they recorded their first █ █ single, "Tea", which had been written for them by █ █ Turid. Now all these years later they have █ █ released their fifth studio album which has four █ █ new songs and four that have either been revisited █ █ or remixed, and "Tea" is one of those. █ █ Although I haven't heard their last studio album I █ █ do have the other three and I have always been █ █ impressed with the way that Petronella's clear █ █ vocals work so well with the often complex and █ █ sometimes dissonant music that is underneath. She █ █ soars high above whatever is going on, allowing █ █ the guitar to play chords, pick a few notes, or █ █ even be absent altogether. These are songs that █ █ don't look back in the way that some prog music █ █ does, but instead is all jagged edges and being █ █ very much of the present. In a perfect world this █ █ would be chart music or at the very least get █ █ radioplay as it brings the listener into their █ █ world yet manages to maintain a certain commercial █ █ feel throughout. There are some who will question █ █ if this album even fits into the genre at all, as █ █ it is right on the edge, but to be honest who █ █ cares? This is a really strong album, with █ █ powerful yet ethereal female vocals and is one I █ █ could play all night. █ ▓ ▓ ▒ ▒ ░ 1. Feel 4:27 ░ ░ 2. Desire 5:01 ░ ░ 3. Cold War 5:35 ░ ░ 4. Into the Flames 4:46 ░ ░ 5. Tea (Revisited) 4:23 ░ ░ 6. In Time (Revisited) 4:22 ░ ░ 7. Precious (Remixed) 4:38 ░ ░ 8. Your Misery (Remixed) 4:46 ░ ░ 37:58 ░ ░ ▒ ▒ ▓ █ ░ ▓ ░ ■ █▄ ░ ██ ▀█▄░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▓ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ░▄██░ ░ ▀████▓█▄▄█████████▓░ ███ ███▓░ █████████▄▄██████▀ ▓ ▓▀▓ ▒███████▀▀ ▀████████▒ ░████████▀ ▀▀███████░▓▀▓ ■ ░ ▄█░█▀▀▄████▄▓ ▀█▀ █▓░ ▒▓█ ▀█▀ ▄████▄ ▀███▄░ ▄█▀░ ░███▀▀▀███▄ ▀█▒ ██▓ ██ ▓█▀ ▄███▀▀▀███░ ▀█░ █▀ ▓██▓ ▄███ ▀█▓ ████ ▒█▀ ▓███▄ ▓██▓ ▀█▓ █▀ ▓██░ ▒██████▓ ▀█ █▓ █▀ ▓██████▒ ░██▓ ▀█ ▒ ▄██ ░███ ▓███▓ ▀░██░▀ ▓███░ ███ ██▄ ▒ ░█▀ ███ ▄▀ ███▄ ▓████▒ ▄███▀▄ ███ ▀█░ ▓█▀ ▄██▄█▀ ░ ██████████████ ▀█▄ ██▄ ▀█▓ █▀ ████▀█▄▓░▄█ ▀██████▀ █▄▓░▄█▀█▄██ ▀█▓ ░ ▄ ██▀ ▀████▀ ▀█▓▀██ ▀████▀ ▀███ ▄ ▒ █░█▓ ██░ █░ █ ░██ ▀██▒█ ███░ ▒█░ ▄ ▓ ▒ ░█▒ ▓███ ░ ▓██ ░ ██▓ ██░ ░██ █▒ ░ ░█ ▀█ █▀ ▓ ░ ░