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55:12 [Us Import]
~ Gregor Samsa (Artist)
4.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)

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Product details
  • Audio CD (4 April 2006)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Own
  • ASIN: B000ERVI1O
  • Other Editions: Audio CD
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 215,811 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Makeshift Shelters
2. Even Numbers
3. What I Can Manage
4. Loud and Clear
5. These Points Balance
6. Young and Old
7. We'll Learn That Way Forever
8. Lessening

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Nice. Reeeal nice., 31 Oct 2006
By Amplified Man (Manchester) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 55:12 (Audio CD)
I'd first heard of Gregor Samsa on a split EP with Red Sparrowes this year (`06), that I couldn't find on my record hunt but I found this. Split EPs are usually of the same genre and I was reckoning that Gregor Samsa would be similar to Red Sparrowes. They're not really, they have the same progressive ideas and fairly relaxing, zoning out music style but that's all. Gregor Samsa are a lot more floaty and drifting. Whereas Sparrowes are driving and bass heavy, Samsa are almost spiritual and distant, using soft layered vocals (Sparrowes are instrumental).
Gregor Samsa, isn't actually one person in this case, they are a whole band. The case in which Gregor Samsa is one person is when he appears as the protagoinst in Franz Kafka's classic allegorical short story 'The Metamorphosis'. `The Metamorphosis' is an extremely dark story; sombre, extremely thought provoking and ultimately very sad. The music within 55:12 is often that. It's swaying keyboards and loops providing backing for layered, hushed vocals from the two singers: male and female. The female singer (there's no info on the CD package so I don't know much about these guys!), has a very sweet, almost childlike voice which gives a vunerability to the record. The second track; Even Numbers, is almost definitely a Godspeed! You Black Emperor inspired piece; sawing strings, chiming guitars, marching, intense rtythms. But it fades out and gives way to more gentleness and soft singing.
There are some memorable moments on here, however much the tracks seem to blend into one another. These Points Balance has the gentle refrain; "How long `till I fall in love" which sticks in your head after the song is over. Lessening is possibly my favourite track because it's the most cohesive and songlike. Instead of drifting into formlessness, the drums stay alongside and the vocals carry it along.
It's a nice record; a gentle, easy listen. The arrangements and melodies are good and so is the production. It just falls short on being great becaus