Alternative 4 – A special 10 years celebration
10 years ago I stepped into my favourite CD shop. It was early summer, I was about to go on holiday. I was no more than seventeen, naive dreamer, keen on very, very heavy music. Was also 15 kg less and more handsome, but this doesn’t really matter.
I came out of the shop with what I would have discovered to be a breakthrough piece, not only in my musical, but also in my personal growth.
That was Alternative 4 by Anathema.
An ocean of sadness.
A storm of emotion.
A fresco of feelings.
Nowadays, I can hardly listen to this album. It’s really tough for me to stand all the emotions it still causes me. If it weren’t like that, I wouldn’t be dumb to the point of dedicating an entire post to it. But it was, is, and will be my alltime fave. Period.
But right now I’ll leave you all, jump on my car, put the disc on, drive around and weep for 45 minutes. Alternative 4 deserves it. Happy birthday!
“And sometimes I despair to who i’ve become
I have to come to terms with what I’ve done
The bittersweet taste of fate, we can’t outrun the past
Destined to find an answer, a strength I never lost
I know there’s a way
My future’s not set
But the tide has turned
And I still haven’t learnt
To live
Without
Regret”
