Sound Awake

Album · Released 5 June 2009

Sound Awake

Karnivool

Sound Awake makes its bass and drums impossible to treat as background. They give Karnivool's songs movement, colour and tension, often providing the part that first catches the ear. The guitars and Ian Kenny's voice then open different views of the same changing pattern. Simple Boy introduces this sound with a heavy figure beneath a comparatively clear vocal. The contrast gives the music both weight and breathing room. Goliath is even more…

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