A new beginning. Is it seaming or reality? At first glance, you can only faintly make out the profiles of the two protagonists on the old, peeling wallpaper.
After the great success of their debut single “The Orphanage”, Die Kammer is starting “Season I” with their first album “The Seeming and the Real”. Twelve acoustically unique songs on the theme of “appearance and reality” not only invite you to listen and dream, but also sometimes make you want to be asked to dance again. The band's line-up is what makes the Kammer's sound so special: Testory's charismatic voice has been skillfully placed by Ambré in perfectly coordinated arrangements: the tuba provides the sympathetic foundation to the acoustic guitars in the singer-songwriter style, the string trio the heart-wrenching harmonies. The percussive drums make the songs swing, run, scamper or even rock properly.
The chamber band counters the typical monotony of computer-based and quartz-precise post-processed pop music with a refreshingly honest and lively sound that cannot be pigeonholed. Compositional sensitivity, technical brilliance, passionate singing and autobiographical lyrics strike right into the heart of the listener. All in all, “The Seeming And The Real” is a bittersweet declaration of love to “being” in all its facets. A well-rounded work by two mature musicians and their virtuoso ensemble.
Tracklist:
01 - The Orphanage
02 - Fate/Illusion
03 - The Seeming And The Real
04 - Black As Coal
05 - Riding The Crest
06 - A Backward Glance
07 - Home In Your Eyes
08 - Singing: Surrender
09 - The Grand Graveyard Of Hopes
10 - Final Days (Of Mankind)
11 - The Painter Man's Spell