Haven of Echoes – Memento Vivere 2024

It is an album that pushes stylistically further in all directions than its predecessor. Bolder, overtly progressive songwriting is combined with a more pronounced virtuosity, yet it never loses the accessible elements that made the first album such a critical and artistic success.

Once again, Andreas’ former bandmate, electric harpist Nerissa Schwarz enriches the music with a wide range of sounds, from eerie ambient soundscapes to energetic outbursts. Lyrically the album deals primarily with the theme of impermanence and the way in which we are all affected by the knowledge of our own mortality. All these elements are combined in a unique cinematic, gothic and truly progressive album, that despite its musical complexities remains relatable and honest, and will linger in the listener’s mind long after the music stops.

1. Non Sum – Non Curo (17:02)
2. Ad Infinitum (8:44)
3. It Walks Among Us (14:02)
4. Assimilation (8:14)

Paul Sadler (Spires): all vocals, guitars
Nerissa Schwarz (Frequency Drift): electric harp, keys
Wolfgang Ostermann (Frequency Drift): drums
Andreas Hack (Frequency Drift): all other instruments

Lyrics, vocal lines and guitar parts by Paul Sadler
Music written, arranged and produced by Andreas Hack
except (2) by Nerissa Schwarz