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You may espouse the clinical release of declaring independence but it comes with a price that few are prepared to pay; perhaps deep down they understand that the allusion to proclaiming from the rock that stands aloft those that share their bonds, their blood and their history, is to deny that you are the Sum Of All Your Parts, you are unique but joined at the very heart to those who have shared your past, your present and who will inspire your future.
The sum of all that you been and experienced does negate your duties in this world, you should strive out and feel the pulse of those that you share this world with, you must be true to your own self, but when you walk back into the lives of those that nurtured your own sense of being, you should not be surprised that they bring you back down to Earth. You may have been a world beater, but if your future does not see you repay that selflessness of others, then the sum is broken, it is a fraction divided unequally, the sum no longer making sense.
It is a lesson learned with great seriousness and appetite by Fatherson, a moral message arguably that they were only too willing to behold and show they understood the folly of others who had erred down a different path. For there is not a sense of the bold as brass and humbug within their new album, Sum Of All Your Parts, instead the listener is given their own sense of freedom to explore in depth the positive vibe and engaging lyrics that Ross Leighton, Marc Strain and Greg Walkinshaw have produced for this new set of songs.
Freedom is in the eye of the beholder, and choice is grasped by those wishing to walk a different path, one still holding on to all the virtues and gravitas they have learned and gained but understanding that there is always more that the soul will take and prosper with.
In songs such as Making Waves, Nothing To No One, The Landscape and Building A Wall, Fatherson lead by example, they harness the heroes and sentiment of those that have carried a particular flag in their life, but to whom sought a more uniquely-held position. They haven’t forgotten their roots, however they are more than willing to accept through these songs that they have evolved; it is a state of mind that sees them progress, it is a progression that the fans should enjoy.
Fatherson release Sum Of All Your Parts on September 14th.
Ian D. Hall