Ethos by Mad Neighborhood
This album's concept is all about the ilusion of free will and coming to conclusion that sometimes, in the end, it doesn't really matter. There's always something determined before everything.
There are 3 parts over the album: Origin, Equilibrium and Awakening.
The first part, Origin, includes Glimpse and Dolphins Above and describes the origin of the problem: we are a product of everything before us and somehow defined by it; The second part includes Momentum and Dolphins Below and portrays 2 diference situations and their pros and cons which could be valid to accept: A life depending on society or a life as free as possible from society; Awakening is the conclusion that, as everything in life, we need a balance between the 2. It's impossible to stay human living only one situation.
We will always remain as more than one person, we are what surrounds us, we are what doesn't belong to us, we are never ourselves.
Tracklist
| 1. | Cloudy Fools | 1:06 |
| 2. | Glimpse | 8:53 |
| 3. | Dolphins Above | 4:13 |
| 4. | Free Dive | 1:13 |
| 5. | Momentum | 15:05 |
| 6. | After a While, Still Trapped in a Cave, Waiting for a Ride | 1:17 |
| 7. | Dolphins Below | 3:34 |
| 8. | Distant Memories from a Non-Existent World | 1:13 |
| 9. | Awakening | 7:55 |
Credits
Composed by Mad Neighborhood
Eduardo Soares (guitars/keyboards/vocals),
Francisco Varela (guitars/keyboards/vocals),
José Barros (drums/percussion),
Rúben Ribeiro (bass/vocals)
Guest musician: Ana Ferraz (sax)
Lyrics by Eduardo Soares
Art work by Bernardo Soares
Recorded and Mixed by Mário Ventura
Mastered and Produced by WYKO
License
All rights reserved.
Mad Neighborhood was created at the summer of 2017 inicially to play at a family event and soon became a more serious project. Having many influences, we started organizing ideas and composing what became "Ethos", our first album, which included Eduardo Soares, Francisco Varela, José Barros and Rúben Ribeiro as the roster. Mad Neighborhood eventually added César Silva.
MN, 2020