https:\/\/orcd.co\/sontaag_beyond_forever<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ian Fortnam: \u201cBetween them, these compositions form the next chapter of the Sontaag story. The conclusion of the album saw our lead character drifting away from a scene of total annihilation into an uncertain future. These songs reflect our hero’s innermost thoughts. \u2018Beyond Forever\u2019 finds him lost, alone, permanently social distanced, but ultimately optimistic, while \u2018Back To My Soul\u2019 has him searching for spiritual redemption while mourning for all that\u2019s gone. If our first chapters were set in outer space, these next instalments play out in a terminally locked-down inner space.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Richard Sontaag: \u201c\u2018Beyond Forever\u2019 has a kind of James Bond theme feel to it. Ages ago, I remember going to a film studio in Ealing and watching them cut together the opening credits of a Bond film, and that was a lot of fun. When we were writing \u2018Beyond Forever,\u2019 I was thinking of something that could play over a really spaced-out Bond opening. As for \u2018Back To My Soul,\u2019 I like riffs, but I\u2019m also interested in the traditional craft of songwriting. \u2018Back To My Soul\u2019 is an attempt to combine the two.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Steve George: \u201cWhen my best buddy and I experienced the joy of playing an electric guitar for the first time, we didn\u2019t have an amp, so we commandeered his brother Richard\u2019s old Vox AC30. The amp kept cutting out, but that did not ruin the thrill of reproducing the riffs of \u2018War Pigs,\u2019 \u2018Silver Machine\u2019 and, sadly, \u2018Smoke on the Water.\u2019 So playing with Sontaag all this time later means that things have kind of come full circle for me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cProgressive restored to its original sense. By referencing the last five decades of music and film, Sontaag create a highly original sci-fi morality tale for the future, and one of the year\u2019s most unusual listening experiences, itself crying out for movie status.\u201d 8\/10 – Classic Rock<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cProgtastic!\u201d 4\/5 – Daily Mirror<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJust download it to your brain from the nearest orbiting space station.\u201d – Huey Morgan, BBC Radio 2
\u201cA schizophrenic head fuck of an album, switching between ambient electronica and crunchy hard rock.\u201d – Detroit-Metro Times<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA spectacular collision of British eccentricity and dramatic storytelling.\u201d – Line Of Best Fit<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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