PROGRESSIVE ROCK BAND THE CONTORTIONIST RELEASE THEIR CAREER-DEFINING LIVE COLLECTION, RETROSPECTIVE: LIVE FROM ATLANTA, DIGITALLY TODAY
(July 21, 2023) – Progressive rock band The Contortionist release their recent live box set, Retrospective: Live from Atlanta, today on all digital service providers. This definitive collection features 31 tracks of live audio recordings from the band’s 2021 live-stream performances. The 3 live streamed performances cover every facet of the band’s career, including a full album performance of the critically acclaimed full-length Clairvoyant as well as an entire set focused on the band’s heavier catalog.
About the release, guitarist Cameron Maynard, says, “When we initially conceived this project, our objective was to give something to our fans amidst the inability to physically perform to a live audience. As it turns out, we were so happy with the end result that we thought it would only be appropriate to release in a more tangible way.”
Keyboardist Eric Guenther, adds, “This is the best representation of The Contortionist to date, and to us, the recording that defines the identity of this band and how we sounded in the first 10+ years.”
Earlier this year, the band released the collection as a limited edition, physical box set and released two videos taken from the live-stream performances, for tracks “Clairvoyant,” and “Geocentric Confusion.” Watch them below.
Track list for Retrospective: Live From Atlanta:
Set 1: The MNRK Heavy Set
1. Early Grave
2. Reimagined
3. Follow
4. Geocentric Confusion
5. Flourish
6. 1979
7. Integration
8. Thrive
9. Solipsis
10. Language I: Intuition
11. Language II: Conspire
Set 2: Clairvoyant Album (Full Performance)
1. Monochrome (Passive)
2. Godspeed
3. Reimagined
4. Clairvoyant
5. The Center
6. Absolve
7. Relapse
8. Return To Earth
9. Monochrome (Pensive)
Set 3: Exoplanet + Intrinsic
1. Primal Directive
2. Oscillator
3. Flourish
4. Geocentric Confusion
5. Causality
6. Vessel
7. Solipsis
8. Axiom
9. Exoplanet I: Egress
10. Exoplanet II: Void
11. Exoplanet III: Light
Stream/Get Retrospective: Live From Atlanta here.