SYMMETRY “Themes For An Imaginary Film” 3xLP Opaque Magenta
The neon lights that decorate a dive bar’s window cast a vivid reflection in rainwater on the pavement outside, as steam rises from deep beneath the ground. A slow pan across the scene, past alleys cast in shadow, twilit corners & glass doorways streaked with the mist of humid bodies fuming inside: the camera catches the denizens of an unnamed city, studying faces heavy with secrets too sad to bear. Cut to the motorway. Sleek cars barrel through the night. Sirens moan. Engines rev. You’re behind the wheel, over the edge as the credits roll.
This film does not exist — but the soundtrack does. Symmetry is Johnny Jewel & Nat Walker, & Themes For an Imaginary Film is their two-hour cinematic opus pokus, a sprawling score for a movie that screens only in your mind. A “conceptual tangent between Glass Candy, Chromatics, Mirage, & Desire’s more abstract sides,” as Jewel himself describes the project, Symmetry is a vigorous, electric, restless exploration of ideas on the bleeding edge of instrumental sound. Analog synthesizers roll and crest, drums collide, keys cascade clear & crystalline. These themes evoke the phantasmic images that inspired them: urgent and ethereal, sinister & romantic. It’s a neo-noir epic of pink fog & femme fatales hidden behind rain drenched windshields after dark.
Produced By Johnny Jewel & Nat Walker Mastered By Mike Bozzi At Bernie Grundman Mastering
Cut By Bernie Grundman In Hollywood
Pressed On 180g Heavy Weight Vinyl In Ultra Clear & Blood
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Introduction (3:03)
City Of Dreams (2:33)
Over The Edge (5:37)
The Nightshift (0:51)
Paper Chase (3:29)
Outside Looking In (2:07)
Midnight Sun (2:29)
Behind The Wheel (5:29)
Thicker Than Blood (3:37)
A Sort Of Homecoming (3:33)
Winner Take All (3:29)
Death Mask (5:35)
Jackie’s Eyes (3:33)
The Fading Faces (2:15)
Mind Games (3:13)
The Maze (3:59)
Threshold (3:13)
Flashback (3:57)
Blood Sport (3:41)
The Hunt (2:50)
Survival Instinct (2:53)
Hall Of Mirrors (4:11)
Eulogy (2:57)
The Messenger (3:57)
Love Theme (1:55)
Through The Gauntlet (3:41)
Ghost Town (4:25)
Cruise Control (3:24)
Wave Goodbye (0:63)
Magic Gardens (2:05)
An Eye For An Eye (2:03)
The Point Of No Return (5:55)
Cremation (2:53)
The Nightshift Reprise (1:03)
Memories Are Forever Part 1 & 2 (6:12)
Echoes Of The Mind (1:21)
Streets Of Fire (4:53)
