I, Pandora by EARLY CROSS
EARLY CROSS's first release post-pandemic, debuting their new singer, Kristen Watts.
A slow-moving journey of power and pain, longing and hope, combining flavors of heavy metal, world music, and prog rock.
力と苦悩、切なる祈りと希望 ── 人類に厄災と希望をもたらしたギリシア神話のパンドラに着想を得た詞と、新シンガーKristen Wattsの透明感溢れる歌、異国情緒漂う旋律。
年代や地域、ジャンルの垣根を越えEARLY CROSSが描く、新たな旅路。
Tracklist
| 1. | I, Pandora | 6:15 |
Lyrics
Clementia, laetitia
Felicitas, salus
Aequitas, virtus, libertas
Felicitas, concordia
Et spes
Though the evils unleashed fly free
There is goodness still trapped in me
You'll find
Mercy deep down inside of me
Joy hiding in reach of my heart
Somewhere
Fairness, freedom, and harmony
Play a part to end our suffering
Pandora lived in loneliness
Pandora in the dark
Pandora filled with emptiness
Pandora stands ajar
Pandora, holding hope inside
Pandora, guarding light
Pandora, filling up again
Pandora stands before you
With
Mercy deep down inside of me
Worthiness a kindling spark
Somewhere
Fairness, freedom, and harmony
Tempt the fates to let humanity
Stand a chance
The choice is in our hands
To open up the vessel gifted unto Pandora
Each and every day
We make the choice throughout the ages
To leave it or to look within
I, Pandora
There's beauty still in each of us
There's virtue in the dark
Where shadows tread, the light may shine
Hope lives within Pandora
With
Mercy deep down inside of me
Peace is on the horizon
In fairness, freedom, and harmony
Lie the answers to the mystery
Though the evils unleashed fly free
There is goodness in all I see
Credits
Musicians:
Kristen Watts – Vocals
Hiroaki – Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitars and Handclap
Hagi – Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitars, Percussions and Handclap
Yugo – Bass
Pazzy – Pianos and Organs
Kazuhiro – Drums, Percussions and Handclap
Produced by Hiroaki
Recorded at Studio NEST, Dagdrøm Studios
Engineered by Naoki Kikuchi
Direction by Pazzy
Mixed by HIroaki
Mastered by Naoki Kikuchi
Music by Hiroaki
Words by Leela McMullen
Arranged by Hiroaki
Art direction, design by Takashi Miyamoto
License
All rights reserved.
■EARLY CROSS:
Kristen Watts - Lead Vocals
Hiroaki - Guitars,
Bouzouki
Hagi - Guitars
Yugo - Bass
Kazuhiro - Drums
Pazzy - Keyboards
■Music Style:
The band aims at solemn and desolate ‘Picturesque Music’. Combining a wide variety of styles from Heavy Metal, Prog Rock and Folk/Trad, their unique style with its dark elements may be known as ‘Landscape Rock’.