Riverside – Memories in My Head (2011) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Riverside – Memories in My Head (2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 32:35 minutes | 328 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © GlassVille Records

Riverside’s Memories in My Head is a three-song EP running 32 and a half minutes, and, that’s right, that means each track is around ten or 11 minutes long. In practice, they segue into each other, however, making for a single lengthy suite. As the overall disc title and the individual song titles – “Goodbye Sweet Innocence,” “Living in the Past,” and “Forgotten Land” – suggest, the theme has to do with recollections and regrets about a time period that has disappeared. “What happened to our days,” wonders singer Mariusz Duda in “Living in the Past,” “They used to be so full of life.” The stretched-out tracks contain simple, repetitive patterns, inclining toward a reflective tone. This is a band that easily could have been a Pink Floyd tribute group, and there are frequent specific references to albums like The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here. Like David Gilmour, Duda sings in a calm, quiet tone, again befitting the wistfulness of the message. While fans might have wished for a full-length Riverside album, this shorter work has a consistency it might be difficult to maintain over greater length. – William Ruhlmann

Tracklist:
1-1. Riverside – Goodbye Sweet Innocence (10:39)
1-2. Riverside – Living in the Past (11:58)
1-3. Riverside – Forgotten Land (09:57)

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