Spleen And Ideal
1985


De Profundis (Out Of The Depths Of Sorrow)
Ascension
Circumradiant Dawn
The Cardinal Sin
Mesmerism
Enigma Of The Absolute
Edvent
Avatar
Indoctrination (A Design For Living)




...The terms 'spleen' and 'ideal' were taken from nineteenth century symbolist ideas. Spleen - the ill natured and malevolent aspects of human nature such as envy, ill temper, spite and intolerance - was seen as inextricably linked to the notion of the ideal. On one hand it tended to rob the ideal of its potentiality to exist; on the other hand it would shape and influence the ideal's very nature. Correspondingly, our songs were about the truth and illusion; conditioning and freedom; doubt and faith; and beneath all these couplings, the quest for perfection. The attainment of the ideal...




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