{"id":53758,"date":"2017-09-19T00:00:20","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T00:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=53758"},"modified":"2017-09-19T11:40:23","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T11:40:23","slug":"news-anathema-release-11th-studio-album-the-optimist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-anathema-release-11th-studio-album-the-optimist\/","title":{"rendered":"ANATHEMA Unveil Music Video For \u2018Can\u2019t Let Go\u2019 Track (September 19th, 2017) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

ANATHEMA Unveil Music Video For \u2018Can\u2019t Let Go\u2019 Track<\/strong><\/span>
\nSeptember 19th, 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Liverpool, England-based progressive rock band Anathema have released a music video for the track \u2018Can\u2019t Let Go\u2019, which can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Anathema issued 11th full-length studio album The Optimist<\/em> on June 9th, 2017 through Kscope Records.<\/p>\n

The idea for The Optimist<\/em> was born from the front cover artwork of the band\u2019s 2001 album A Fine Day To Exit<\/em>. \u201cI suppose you might say the album is semi-autobiographical because this time we used a surrogate,\u201d says guitarist Daniel Cavanagh of the character that is The Optimist. \u201cWe put sound, feelings and crucially, our own hopes and fears into another person and made him the subject of the songs then weaving my own internal monologue into the narrative of The Optimist. It was John\u2019s (Douglas) idea to write a narrative, so I took A Fine Day To Exit<\/em> as the starting point.\u201d<\/p>\n

Frontman Vincent Cavanagh elaborates further on the earlier album\u2019s artwork influence: \u201cThe guy who disappeared \u2013 you never knew what happened to him, did he start a new life? Did he succumb to his fate? It was never explained. The opening track title is the exact coordinates for Silver Strand beach in San Diego \u2013 the last known location of The Optimist \u2013 shown on the cover of A Fine Day To Exit<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recording sessions for The Optimist<\/em> began in the winter of 2016 at Attica Audio in Donegal, Ireland and were finished at Castle Of Doom studios in Glasgow, Scotland with producer Tony Doogan.<\/p>\n

The cover artwork was created by American designer and illustrator Travis Smith from a series of photographs he took on a West Coast road trip.<\/p>\n

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The track listing is as follows:<\/p>\n

01. \u201832.63N 117.14W\u2019
\n02. \u2018Leaving It Behind\u2019
\n03. \u2018Endless Ways\u2019
\n04. \u2018The Optimist\u2019
\n05. \u2018San Francisco\u2019
\n06. \u2018Springfield\u2019
\n07. \u2018Ghosts\u2019
\n08. \u2018Can\u2019t Let Go\u2019
\n09. \u2018Close Your Eyes\u2019
\n10. \u2018Wildfires\u2019
\n11. \u2018Back To The Start\u2019<\/p>\n

Anathema\u2019s line-up is as follows:<\/p>\n

Vincent Cavanagh (vocals, guitar and keyboards)
\nDaniel Cavanagh (guitar, keyboards and vocals)
\nLee Douglas (vocals)
\nJamie Cavanagh (bass)
\nJohn Douglas (acoustic \/ electronic percussion)
\nDaniel Cardoso (drums and keyboards)<\/p>\n

Tenth studio record Distant Satellites<\/em> was released in June 2014.<\/p>\n