Amplifier - Continuum

The cushioned throbbing of a velvet moon
And the pregnant aching of an empty womb
The endless echoes of the noise we made
And the repercussions of each hand grenade
There's aeroplanes and dragonflies
And infinite September skies
There's anthems of utopias
And creeping wars and glaciers

Just listen...

Is there music in there?

Arrived within the creeping hearse
Vibrations from the universe
Awash with the glittering of city lights
The mouse choir whispered through the endless nights
All alone to ride upon the froth
The human dreamt of taking off
Eventually, time corrodes the brain to rust
And all those dreams into diamond dust

Just listen...
Violins and orchestras
For death and speculation
We've got just enough time


I felt the closeness of monsters as we slept
And the creaking of hands where masons met
The loneliness of a shooting star
And the beating of drums where the wild things are
And somewhere beneath the moon
A sonic boom, peeled off from a wing
Into the dark, into each heart
I heard the angel sing:

"Que sera sera -
Whatever will be will be"

For death and speculation
Well there's just enough time
For each final seperation
We've got just enough time
Away on the breeze
My evanescent memories
Well I can feel them
But I can't remember them
Well I can feel them
Slipping away




AMPLIFIER is a Manchester based space rock band. This three-piece makes extraordinary music which is quite similar to the, also Manchester based, band OCEANSIZE. The band consists of Sel Balamir who plays guitar and is also the band's lead-vocalist. Than there's Matt Brobin, who is the band's drummer. Last, but not least, there's Neil Mahony who is the bassist. As you can see there's no keyboardist on board, so all the weird sounds and effects are played on the guitar, hence the name "AMPLIFIER".

For their 2004's selftitled debut album the band worked together with Steve Lyon to produce the album (he also worked with bands like THE CURE and DEPECHE MODE) and Chris Seldon for mixing it (also known for producing OCEANSIZE's "Effloresce" album and mixing music by THE FOO FIGHTERS).

Their music is highly original. They combine deep personal lyrics with walls of noise, combined with stunning melodies.

This band has been hailed a lot in the media. Kerrang! Magazine said this was ".the British rock-scene altering record" when talking about their selftitled debutalbum. Metal Hammer said they were ".the future of rock." and even Q magazine said that ".at present British rock doesn't get much better than this."

AMPLIFIER: the biggest three piece in the world!
http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=1911

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[amplifiertheband]

Hi Everyone, You can now pre order our new album "The Octopus" at our amplifiertheband site. Cheers Matt

[DantezChinzo]

7:04 - 8:51 the best part of any song ever made.. just mindblowing

[hawkmoon666]

brilliant, brilliant song.

Astounding band.

[MrGedcon]

Quasar like emissions of energy and talent that has so far gone undetected unfathomably.But one day someone will turn the apparatus to thier degree of sky,the intruments will fly off the scale and Amplifier will go Super Nova.

[bucklemunki]

beautiful.

[schnelsangels]

0:00-8:51: this song is not from this world!

[CaptainFootos]

Amplifier is one my favourite bands EVER. They've got wagonloads of music that totally expands your consciousness. But this song off "The Astronaut dismantles HAL" - damn'. I'm afraid if I'd have to name one particular song as their BEST, I'm afraid I'd go for this track. Such an epic build-up of energy...

[stefthomas22]

@fonte84 Will do, eagerly awaiting the autumn tour dates!

[fonte84]

@stefthomas22 do it the first minute you have the chance! their really great... I saw them in 2006 in porto (portugal) and had the chance to meet them :) me and my friend help them take their instruments to their bus and end up chatting for 3 hours... They're really cool guys... And their music is out of this world!

[stefthomas22]

I NEED to see this band live!