''Blow Your Trumpet" is a bonus track, lyrickly summarizing the vision of this album. A metaphor from the book of revelation, which the archangel blows his trumpet for the beginning of the end. We the People never realise that our acts have an impact to the world. As Newton describes at his third law of motion "for every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction". So, in that spirit when we are confronting our decisions, it's a principle that the qoncequences will be unforgiving.

Weight of the World

Blow Your Trumpet (Bonus Track)

"We the People\\No Friends, but the Mountains" is the outro of the album and the last two part song. "We the people" starts with the real constitution speach. What politicians would like to say, but use fine words for manipulating the masses. For every dead child or abused woman, for all the people out there suffering by war and poverty, we stand with them as an act of resistance. We are the People! "No Friends, but the mountains" is a Kurdish proverb which expressed to signify their feeling of betrayal, abandonment and loneliness. We felt that is a proper title for the last part of the song, as the progression moves to " Katharsis"... When you are in the middle of a journey (especially in life's), there're many fights to give. People will betray you, but the most frightened of all is betraying yourself. "Be free for this chance to be better and sing for freedom..." is the last lyric before the repeatance of the proverb and the realization that we born and die alone.

We the People\\No Friends, but the Mountains

"The Same River" is our "first ever" song. The homonymus, our philosophical statement as a band. Heraclitus quote ("it is impossible to step in the same river twice") gave us a reason not to look back. We have to realise thats life is a short journey and nothing is for granted. Take your chances and live. Be the river that flows because in the end nothing really matters.

The Same River

"Remains of the Holy" are the shreds of humanism. The soul itself or better, what has left from it. Our society is in complete decadence and all of us we behave like mad kings with no  consciousness of our actions and others. The remains of our souls is the only hope to bring what is lost but the need of self knowledge as an act of repentance is hard to achieve. The easiest thing to do is to put the blame on one another but whose gonna cast the stone first?

Remains of the Holy

"The Bounds of a Fire Bringer" is the second song of the Promethean trilogy. Is the consequence we pay for our actions. Something that we have to embrace it willingly otherwise we override our choices. Sometimes our path comes in contrary to others. If we believe to ourselves and our cause, even the "Gods" will have to accept our will. "Kneel to no one... Kneel to no one...".

The Bounds of a Fire Bringer

"Weight of the World" is the title song of the album. The main reason is that amalgamate the vibes and the idea of this record in its entity. Lyrically inspired by Sisyphus, both the Greek myth and the homonym philosophical essay by Albert Camus. The absurd (finding meaning in life) is a fundamental human need. During the start of the pandemic in 2020 we found ourselves in a state of inertia and lack of will. "Weight of the World" was the firstborn child  after the lockdown. A boulder we had to push even if we had to see it roll down again. As Camus says: "The struggle itself ... is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy".

"Voyage\\The Great Sea" is another two part song. The first part ("Voyage") is life. The everlasting struggle from the day we born 'till our last breath. The fight with our inner demons, the fear of the unknown and the every day effort we spent for embracing the gift of existence. The second part ("The Great Sea"), is after life. In many old myths from various civilisations, the passage to afterlife commonly refers as the great sea of souls. A place where the unity is achieved. A place or a state which everyone becomes the All. Musically the song is structured with the sense of a constant movement likened the waves of a sea and the journey of life and soul concurrently.

Voyage\\The Great Sea

"The Oath of a Fire Bringer" is the first part of a trilogy. Inspired by the myth of Prometheus and his will to defy the Gods and give fire to humanity. Philosophically fire symbolises the hidden knowledge of the world and the risks you have to take when you seek the truth. Defying the authority in any form, is an act of resistance in terms of ethical and personal ascendance. We have to seek the "fire" and defy "Gods" if we wanna be a better society. It's an oath we have to take as individuals for the sake of ourselves and the generations to come.

The Oath of a Fire Bringer

"Intro\\Crossing the Rubicon" is a two part song, with the instrumental opener riff and a progression which leads to the main chapter "the passage". "Crossing the Rubicon" is a metaphorical expression for passing a point of no return. We strongly believe that society has passed this point of corruption, climate change etc. leading to an amoral and unequal conflict were the elite suppress the weaker. As the last line says:  "This is a war? Yeah... And I'm gonna fight."

Intro\\Crossing the Rubicon

The Same River is a heavy/psych rock band from Athens, Greece.

TSR are :

Diamond Pr \\ Vocals, Guitars, Synths
Theodore Ntilgeris \\ Guitars
Dimitris Georgopoulos \\ Bass Guitar
Fivos Katsifloros \\ Drums

Contact:the.same.river.band@gmail.com

For booking/touring inquiries:
to Stephen at talonrecordsusa@gmail.com (North America)
to Fylo at info@goloudagency.com (EU, rest of the world)
to Agis at a.mapconstellation@gmail.com (Greece)

For video content inquiries:
to Carlo at europe@sliptrickrecords.com

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