Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate - The Light of Ancient Mistakes (2023)
Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate - The Light of Ancient Mistakes (2023)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 412 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 159 MB | Covers - 80 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Glass Castle Recordings (GC4163)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 412 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 159 MB | Covers - 80 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Glass Castle Recordings (GC4163)
The Light of Ancient Mistakes is the splendid seventh album from the eclectic UK progressive band, Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate. Following on from last year’s The Confidence Trick, it is another diverse collection of idiosyncratic and genre-defying musical styles, full of songs with thought-provoking lyrics, complemented by a variety of instrumentals, which seemingly link them together.
Although not a traditional concept album, many of the songs have been inspired by books. The centrepiece of the album is ‘Walking To Aldebaran’, inspired by the science fiction novella of the same name by Adrian Tchaikovsky. The tracks ‘Avrana Kern Is Made Of Ants’, ‘The Requisitioner and the Wonder’ and ‘Gothi and Gethli’ are references to a character, two spaceships and a pair of crow-like creatures which insistently deny they are sentient in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s ‘Children of Time’ series.
Science fiction author Iain M Banks’ novel ‘Look To Windward’ is the inspiration of the title track. The track ‘The Man Who Japed’ is named after the Philip K Dick novel.
The childhood experiences of David Cornwell, who wrote as John le Carré are the inspiration behind ‘Sixteen Hugless Years’.
‘The Glamour Boys’ was inspired by Labour MP Chris Byrant’s book of the same name about the experiences of a group of mostly homosexual or bisexual Conservative MPs who argued against appeasement, despite the threats from Chamberlain’s government to expose their secrets. Many went on to risk, and in some cases lose their lives in the Second World War.
The album also features ‘The Anxiety Machine’, a three part instrumental interspersed within the album, ‘Goodbye Cassini’, a flute led tribute to the space probe, and ‘imtiredandeverythinghurts’, which is about Malcolm’s experiences with invisible disability due to Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, and the difficulty in knowing how to respond to the well-intentioned routine question ‘how are you’?
Tracklist:
01. Sold the Peace
02. The Light of Ancient Mistakes
03. Avrana Kern is Made of Ants
04. The Anxiety Machine (Part 1)
05. Sixteen Hugless Years
06. The Requisitioner and the Wonder
07. The Glamour Boys
08. Gothi and Gethli
09. I'm Tired and Everything Hurts
10. The Anxiety Machine (Part 2)
11. Walking to Aldebaran
12. Goodbye Cassini
13. The Anxiety Machine (Part 3)
14. The Man Who Japed
15. Burn the World
Total time: 01:07:08
Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 4 from 7. December 2014
EAC extraction logfile from 8. December 2023, 2:12
Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate / The Light of Ancient Mistakes
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==== Log checksum 77A205981F03E43C9129C736462BF469C88F5406459D512EE4AEEA1A69B00BBD ====
EAC extraction logfile from 8. December 2023, 2:12
Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate / The Light of Ancient Mistakes
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Thanks to vp_sunset