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Track Listings
| 1. Interzone |
| 2. Angels |
| 3. The Master & Margarita |
| 4. Apathy |
| 5. Soulbreaking |
| 6. Lullaby |
| 7. Must Must |
| 8. White Water Siren |
| 9. Cathartik |
| 10. Dust To Gold |
| 11. Requiem |
| 12. Mantra |
Product Description
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Whatever one thinks of the Tea Party's ambitious yet commercial rock, the band deserves credit for not being afraid to come off as pretentious as a sack of Rush records. True to the trio's nature, The Interzone Mantras--the group's fifth full-length studio disc--is a study in excess. From an insert that folds out into a 16-panel poster of a multi-armed, multi-eyed deity to a song title borrowed from a Russian novel ("The Master and Margarita") to deep-throated spiritual pronouncements and everything-but-the-didgeridoo arrangements, the album never shies away from piling on more sound and more self-importance. That it works more often than not is testament to the band's knack for strong melodies and a compelling blend of riff-o-rama guitars and orchestral atmospherics, as on "Soulbreaking" and the acoustic ballad "White Water Siren." Barrel-chested rockers like "Lullaby" and the white-hot horn-driven opener, "Interzone," add some oomph to the proceedings, though nonfans will find the disc's more dirgelike moments ("Dust to Gold") trying. The album ends as it should, though, with an eight-minute denouement of crunchy guitars, Middle Eastern textures, and swelling strings that build to the decidedly unpretentious mantra, "Love is all we have / Love is all we need." --Shawn Conner
Amazon.ca
Avec l’illustration de sa pochette et son titre qui renvoient clairement à la culture indienne, le 5e album de Tea Party laisse présager un retour à la fusion de musiques rock et moyen-orientale choisie par le groupe à l’époque de Edges of Twilight. Pourtant, The Interzone Mantras est l’un des albums les plus rock du trio canadien et peut-être l’un des moins inspirés. On n’y retrouve pas la fougue des débuts ni ce mélange exploratoire de rock, de musique électronique et de folk indien qui a fait le succès du groupe. Or, si The Interzone Mantras paraît peu original, si les arrangements sont parfois discutables et si certains refrains semblent explicitement destinés à la radio, il demeure un album bien exécuté, avec des moments forts. Ajoutons que la présentation est superbe : pochette en hologramme et livret qui, une fois déplié, forme une splendide affiche. --Nicolas Houle
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5.0 out of 5 stars
One of their best!,
By Mark "viguy" (Victoria, BC, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Interzone Mantras (Audio CD)
I bought this CD for one song that I had scene on Much Music. It has a very cool cover and then kinda put it away. I put in on one day and listened to the whole thing and began to discover one of what would become one of my favourite albums of all time. What a simply fantastic album!!!! It takes a bit to grow on you but if after listening to this album a few times and begin to get it's genius you will be rewarded with one of the most solid albums anywhere. LOVE the opus - Mantra! What a fine album from one of the finest Canadian rock bands of all time! Love it!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Interzoned,
By E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME) (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Interzone Mantras (Audio CD)
Canadian rock'n'roll is finally getting itself on the front pages of music magazines. So it's a shame that the recently disbanded Tea Party is still largely obscure.So put away the other wonderful Canadian bands for a moment (I love Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene, okay?), and explore a darker, wilder niche. This Canadian band seems like the love child of the Doors and Led Zeppelin, and "the Interzone Mantras" shows them off at their blistering, hypnotic best. In a way, it's a concept album: The songs roam all over the musical board, whether it's heartbreaking violin ballads, or teeth-rattler rock'n'roll that Led Zeppelin would not be ashamed of. It explores the faces of hopelessless, evil, apathy and the "the beautiful abyss," before turning out beautiful songs like "White Water Siren" and the finale "Mantra," which come to the conclusion that "love is all we have/love is all we need." The best of the bunch is undoubtedly "The Master and Margarita," based on Mikhail Bulgakov's novel about the devil roaming 1930s Moscow. "So now that your faith's gone who are you going to trust?/now that your conscience is crawling in the dust!" Martin sneers, sounding both seductive and frightening. But good as that song is, it's not the most striking. Martin wrote "Soul Breaking" about a letter a girl sent him, about her sexual abuse. You can hear the raw emotion as he sings, "You can't seem to run away/because every time the past's awakened/every time your soul starts breaking..." It may be one of Tea Party's finest songs ever. A lot of critics label Tea Party as pretentious. Well, if it's pretension, then it's the best kind. Tea Party piles on different sounds and cultures -- bits of Russian and Middle-Eastern mostly -- along with blistering guitar riffs and sizzling basslines, swirling into each other in a hypnotic manner. Even the slower songs like "Angels" have some white-hot riffs. And Jeff Martin should have quite a chunk of the credit. He sounds a bit like Jim Morrison's tamer little brother, with that amazing voice that manages to rise above the noise. It's sensual, rich and flexible, and he can belt out those complex lyrics as if he were born knowing how. One of Tea Party's best albums, "Interzone Mantra" is a wonderfully nuanced album, with plenty of white-hot hard-rock as well.
4.0 out of 5 stars
this band always delivers,
By I ain't no porn writer (author, "Crippled Dreams") - See all my reviews
This review is from: Interzone Mantras (Audio CD)
I like the 3rd and 4th tracks best, especially the harmony in "Master and Marguerita". But there are other good ones on here too. Another good effort from one of my favorite bands!David Rehak
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