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Language

by The Contortionist

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krisztian09 One of my top albums of 2025!
I discovered this album long ago, but never got round to buying it. When I did end up buying it, I couldn’t stop listening to it and it reignited my love for this band!

The two-track adventure “Language” is by far my favourite part of this release; the instrumentation is unpredictable and for someone who loves complex music, it is an absolute joy to hear!

I could listen to this album forever!

Thank you The Contortionist! Favorite track: Language II: Conspire.
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Kaewin This album really makes me drift with the ebb and flow. Favorite track: Thrive.
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Anthony Childs One of my most listened to albums of late 2020 & 2021. Great for driving as well as in headphones while working when needing to keep a steady pace. Glad to finally secure a vinyl copy. Favorite track: The Parable.
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The Source 02:39
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Language I: Intuition 05:24
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Language II: Conspire 04:15
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Integration 05:46
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Thrive 06:04
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Primordial Sound 06:28
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Arise 03:58
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Ebb & Flow 07:06
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9.
The Parable 07:05
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The album serves as the recorded introduction of ex-Last Chance To Reason vocalist Michael Lessard to The Contortionist fold, ‘though he’s taken the stage live with his new band mates for well over a year already. Lessard lends his voice to the signature song craft developed by the original core of the band, guitarist Cameron Maynard and the brotherly duo of Robby and Joey Baca, on guitar and drums, respectively. They’re joined by new additions Jordan Eberhardt(bass) and Eric Guenther (keyboards).

“I can say that Mike is the most talented vocalist we've had in the band,” Robby declares unequivocally. “We’ve progressed, which has been a real, organic process. It will be cool
for people to hear the kind of songwriting and music we are creating with The Contortionist enhanced by a vocalist who is totally up to par.”

A different producer was drafted each time The Contortionist has made an album. Language was created together at North Carolina’s The Basement Recording with producer Jamie King(Between The Buried And Me, The Human Abstract, He Is Legend). As taste maker blog MetalSucks noted in a post with the headline, “Drop What You’re Doing and Listen to the New Contortionist Single Right Now!,” Language embraces the spacey adventurous flourishes of Intrinsic, with concise and streamlined certainty.

The album’s first single, “Language I,” was also the first song the group crafted for the album. The product of much time and deliberation,every moment transitions seamlessly to the next. “Primordial Sound” boasts an emphasis on chord progressions with key signature modulations, and yet it has an accessible rock n’ roll vibe and swing. “Thrive” is a wicked blend of the atmospheric heft of Deftones and The Contortionist’s own well established progressive attack.

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released September 16, 2014

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The Contortionist Indianapolis, Indiana

American experimental prog outfit The Contortionist are defined by their" time signature-bending and genre-busting brilliance" (Metal Hammer).

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