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jackhammer · 03-31-2011, 04:39 PM

Amplifier are a 3 piece from Manchester U.K who I first heard in 2004 with their excellent self titled album. A follow on was released a couple of years later but proved to be the perennial 'difficult second album'. However they have recently released their third album The Octopus which is a sprawling double album that does over reach itself at times but is a definite grower and gets better with each play.

Kind of hard how to describe them. Maybe a less heavy and pretentious Tool who rely on atmosphere and not conventional riffs or typical bridge/chorus tracks.

Here they are:
From the debut album

From the new album:

More tunes on their website and a band well worth a little more investigation.
The official AMPLIFIER website.

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Amplifier Amplifier are a 3 piece from Manchester U.K who I first heard in 2004 with their excellent self titled album. A follow on was released a couple of years later but proved to be the perennial 'difficult second album'. However they have recently released their third album The Octopus which is a sprawling double album that does over reach itself at times but is a definite grower and gets better with each play. Kind of hard how to describe them. Maybe a less heavy and pretentious Tool who rely on atmosphere and not conventional riffs or typical bridge/chorus tracks. Here they are: From the debut album From the new album: More tunes on their website and a band well worth a little more investigation. The official AMPLIFIER website. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”