Almost 7 years in the making, Enlightenment is at its Almost 7 years in the making, Enlightenment is at its very simplest an ode to reading and nature, and at its more complex a genuine critique of our very concept of 'civilization' and the limitations of the still widely embraced values of the Enlightenment era. Every song is based on the work of writers, thinkers, or theorists whose ideas in many ways point to the shortcomings of our self-proclaimed unshakable Enlightenment ideals. It is an attempt to recuperate the very notion of 'Enlightenment', and bring forward elements that a true 21st century Enlightenment should rely on to challenge the pre-conceived notions underpinning our modern understanding of civilization, progress, and humanism.

A far longer write up on what the album is all about can be found on the band's Substack: [ Ссылка ]

A song-by-song walkthrough of the album and the meaning behind each songs can be found here: [ Ссылка ]

The track list and the big picture behind their themes are as follows:

00:00 Enlightenment (Intro // based on a talk held by doomsday ecologist Guy R. McPherson)
01:03 Inhumanism (based on the philosophy of American poet Robinson Jeffers)
07:34 Død Mand er God Gødning (based on a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen)
14:21 The Commonplace (based on a poem by Walt Whitman of the same name)
20:57 Life With Cold Death (based on a poem by Robinson Jeffers).
29:26 The Myth of Normal (based on a talk-turned-into-book by Gabor Maté of the same name).
33:24 Broken Continuum (based on Christopher Ryan's book "Civilized to Death")
41:02 Uncivilization (based on the Dark Mountain Project Manifesto).

Total album length: 53min

The album cover art is an alteration/reworking of the piece "The Evening Lamp" drawn by Julian Alden Weir ca. 1890 (found in the public domain)

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