Callisto | Providence - Again

1. In Session (6:35)
2. Rule The Blood (6:43)
3. Covenant Colours (7:46)
4. Eastern Era (5:39)
5. New Canaan (6:56)
6. Stasis (7:38)
7. Where The Spirits Tread (6:28)
8. Dead Weight (6:10)
9. Drying Mouths (In A Gasping Land) (7:09)
10. Providence (7:28)

Okay so a few days ago I bashed the hell out of this record. I responded to those comments but I felt this needed its own submission. The album has grown on me considerably. I continuously would have it on because I WANTED to enjoy this album, even before I was let down. The amount of interesting instruments, minimal songwriting, and unique vocals were intriguing enough for me to keep it in rotation with a few other records.

I apologize for my blunt raping of this album. I tend to do this a few times a year, where I will be quick to trash an album, and I'll end up loving it later on. A lot of times it's with albums that I feel should have blown me away right away, even ones with low expectations (if that makes sense). With this album, I guess I was just thrown off by the progression and lack of climatic moments, but because of this style of writing, it enables you do dig deeper into the songs, and find simplistic, subtle intricacies that may in the end make up for the lack of huge crescendo moments.

Although the previous Callisto albums may in the end still be my favorites and 'The Fugitive' will always be my favorite song by the band, Providence is still indeed a special record, and I hope some of you that have thrown it aside choose to possibly give it another shot like I have.

This will teach me to also wait until after a few listens to publish a blog post about an album. ;) A Giant Squid post may be coming in the upcoming week or so. Another album I could not get into at first and am now enjoying.