"The Shipwreck” is the result of a long period of writing and composing sessions. It is a concept album that brings the listener, step by step, to a negative status of consciousness; a desperate, black and white vision which arrives to an apathetic acceptation of things as they are, as in the Sartre's theories of existential angst: accepting the indifference of the physical world to man's aspirations seeing that realization not only as a regret but also as an opportunity. 
Passing by different chapters and different emotional landscapes, this difficult journey described by W&A is composed by 7 tracks. Recorded at Raptor Studio with producer Matteo "Ciube" Tabacco and Chris Dowhan from Planet Red Studios (Virginia, USA), who worked with bands such Giant, Spitfire, Night Like These and The Black Dahlia Murder. 

Contacts 
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credits
released 30 May 2012 
All songs written by Whales and aurora 
Produced, Engineered and Mixed by Matteo ‘Ciube’ Tabacco at ‘Raptor’ 
Assistant engineering and production by Chris Dowhan 
Drum recorded at ‘Lost in Space Studio’ 
Mastered by Maurizio ‘Icio’ Baggio at ‘Hate Studio’ 
Cello on tracks 5, 7 by Julia Ivanova 

Slow Burn Records

Achieving The Unavoidable

A New Awareness

Refused Recounting Words

The Aground Hard-ship

Floating On Calm Waters

Awakened By The Aurora

Abandoned Among Echoes

Haunted By Coyotes

Albatros

Whales and Aurora’s project was born at the beginning of 2008 as a 3-piece band, with former members of LaPeste and The Simple Truth.
Now the band is a 5-piece and maintains its variety thanks to the new members' musical background: coming from different musical realities, W&A decided to focus on the emotional impact of sound engaging in a open minded musical research.
Psychedelic atmospheres of the early 70s, ethereal musical landscapes of the post-rock scene and warm powerful distortions give a polyhedral personality to the band.
Whales and Aurora played with bands such as Pelican, Russian Circles, Knut, xBishopx, Kingdom, the Secret, Lento, To Kill.