Wake/Lift
| Wake/Lift | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 2, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Studios | Jane Doll Studio Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Menegroth Studios Queens, New York | |||
| Genres | ||||
| Length | 64:41 | |||
| Label | Translation Loss | |||
| Producer | Rosetta | |||
| Rosetta chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AbsolutePunk.net | (82%)[4] |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Decibel Magazine | (favorable)[6] |
| Decoy Music |  [7] |
| Music Emissions | [8] |
| Plug in Music | A−[9] |
| Scene Point Blank | (8/10)[10] |
| Sonic Frontiers | (9.3/10)[11] |
| StonerRock.com | (favorable)[12] |
| Transform Online | (favorable)[13] |
Wake/Lift is the second full-length album by post-metal band Rosetta. The CD edition was released on October 2, 2007 through Translation Loss Records, with a limited-edition double LP following in 2008.
Production and style
[edit]Wake/Lift is Rosetta's first album to not be entirely engineered by the band. It is also Rosetta's first to be recorded to analog tape. Consequently, the production on Wake/Lift is more refined than the band's previous works.
Guitarist J. Matthew Weed has stated that the band has taken on a more melodic, technical, and experimental sound. Rather than sounding entirely like the metal style of The Galilean Satellites, Wake/Lift falls more into the post-rock genre while retaining space rock and hardcore influences.[2]
Lyrically and thematically, the album deals much less with astronomical concepts and is more influenced by vocalist Mike Armine's experiences as a teacher. He stated,
"This release is more of a social commentary on my first year teaching, and the kids whose lives I've seen destroyed by poor parenting. I seriously believe people should legally need to have a dog for three years before having a child. I've seen my knuckles turn white at some of the things parents do and say to their kids in the name of guilt, denial, power, and neglect."[1]
Release
[edit]The band had been performing "Red in Tooth and Claw" at live show as far back as April 2007, months before the album's release.[14] The track "Wake" was posted on the Translation Loss Records Myspace page in a low-quality format on August 17, 2007, and again later on Rosetta's own Myspace page on August 19, 2007.
A component disc, entitled The Cleansing Undertones of Wake/Lift, was released alongside Wake/Lift. It contains a collection of ambient samples used by Armine. The album not meant to be synchronized with Wake/Lift, and Armine "purposely designed The Cleansing Undertones of Wake/Lift to make Wake/Lift sound terrible if played together".[15]
In September 2008, the album was remastered and pressed on 180 gram vinyl. It was released on November 11, 2008[16][17] and comes in three limited-edition color combinations.
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Red in Tooth and Claw" | 12:15 |
| 2. | "Lift (part 1)" | 5:06 |
| 3. | "Lift (part 2)" | 3:19 |
| 4. | "Lift (part 3)" | 6:08 |
| 5. | "Wake" | 9:27 |
| 6. | "(Temet Nosce)" | 14:56 |
| 7. | "Monument" | 13:30 |
| Total length: | 64:41 | |
Temet nosce is Latin for "know thyself".
Personnel
[edit]- Rosetta
- Michael Armine – sound manipulation, vocals, engineering
- David Grossman – bass, engineering
- Bruce McMurtrie Jr. – drums, engineering
- J. Matthew Weed – guitar, engineering, mixing
- Other personnel
References
[edit]- 1 2 Warren, Dave (September 28, 2007). "Rosetta: Wake/Lift". Sonic Frontiers. Retrieved March 25, 2008.
- 1 2 3 "Translation Loss Recording artists ROSETTA complete new record entitled WAKE/LIFT!". Translation Loss Records. June 12, 2007. Archived from the original on May 14, 2007. Retrieved June 23, 2007.
- ↑ Wood, Mike (September 27, 2007). "Rosetta – Wake/Lift". Music Emissions. Archived from the original on October 18, 2007. Retrieved March 25, 2008.
- ↑ AboslutePunk review
- ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. Wake/Lift at AllMusic
- ↑ "Decibel Magazine review". Archived from the original on October 31, 2007. Retrieved October 19, 2007.
- ↑ "Decoy Music review". Archived from the original on October 23, 2007. Retrieved October 19, 2007.
- ↑ "Music Emissions review". Archived from the original on October 18, 2007. Retrieved March 26, 2008.
- ↑ "Plug In Music review". Archived from the original on February 9, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2008.
- ↑ Scene Point Black review
- ↑ Sonic Frontiers review
- ↑ StonerRock review
- ↑ Transform Online review
- ↑ "Rosetta live at North Street Bar, Philadelphia, April 2007". YouTube. April 23, 2007.
- ↑ Butze, Sean; Coppola, Josh (September 5, 2007). "Rosetta: A Metal Odyssey". SonicFrontiers.net. Archived from the original on September 7, 2007. Retrieved September 20, 2026.
- ↑ "Rosetta (2) – Wake/Lift". Discogs. November 11, 2008.
- ↑ Translation Loss Records
- 1 2 Weed, J. Matthew (June 7, 2007). "Rosetta junk". Anchor States. Retrieved June 23, 2007.
