US Instrumental Progressive Rock act The Laconic published the official video for the track “Morta” taken from new album “Amor Fati” out on April 08, 2023 via iapetus. Watch the video through the YouTube player below:
“Amor Fati” is the second full album by Chicago-based composer and multi-instrumentalist The Laconic, and continues the program established with 2022’s “Integrals,” of creating evocative, eclectic, and emotional songs without words. Not quite a concept album, but not quite not a concept album either, “Amor Fati” was inspired by the topics of fate and eternal recurrence. Not really not Progressive Rock, but not really Progressive Rock either, it draws from other genres, from Salsa to Spaghetti Western, and veers away from expectations at will.
“Amor fati” is a Latin expression meaning “love of [one’s] fate.” The Stoic philosopher Epictetus stated its essence as: do not seek for things to happen the way you want them to; rather, wish that what happens, happens the way it happens: then you will be happy.
Purchase the album on Bandcamp: https://thelaconic.bandcamp.com/album/amor-fati
Tracklist:
- Fate (8:36)
- Nona (1:44)
- Saber (6:07)
- Decima (2:17)
- Dust (4:20)
- Morta (2:02)
- Mirror (5:29)
- Refuge (18:32)
- Equinox (6:51)
Lineup:
Juan Dahmen / Drums, Percussion, and Electronic Drums
Aralee Dorough / Flute and Piccolo
Erik Emil Eskildsen / U8 Touch Guitar
Colin Gatwood / English Horn
Tim Gardner / U8 Touch Guitar and Electric Guitar
Gary Husband / Keyboards
Marc Pelath / U8 Touch Guitar, Bass Guitar, and Synths
Scott Pelath / Electric Guitar
Christina Ruf / Cello and Electric Cello