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Sound Awake is the second studio album by Australian rock band Karnivool, released in Australia on 5 June 2009. At the J Awards of 2009, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year. At the 2010 West Australian Music Industry Awards, the album won Most Popular Album. The album follows a four-year gap since their debut studio album Themata in 2005. Sound Awake was produced by Forrester Savell (The Butterfly Effect, Dallas Frasca) and recorded at Perth's Blackbird and Kingdom Studios over several months. It was later mixed at Melbourne's Sing Sing Studios and mastered by Tom Coyne (DJ Shadow, The Roots) at Sterling Sounds in New York City. AllMusic wrote that "The core of alternative/nu metal that brought the group success on its debut album, Themata, still holds throughout the bulk of [Sound Awake], but there are little touches of something else." The songs on Sound Awake are longer than those on Themata, and more in common stylistically with progressive rock than any of the band's previous work.
Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Set fire to the hive, All i know, The caudal lure, Change
Nice metal album. Sometimes sounding a bit too much like tool. I do not really like the ballads (f.e. New Day), but that probably is a matter of personal taste as they are favorites of a lot of listeners.
Didn't love this. I like a lot of progressive rock from the 70s, but for some reason the more modern progressive rock doesn't usually connect with me. 3 stars.
This was really good. Musically nuanced, with a weighty sound. Rock solid instrumentation and an excellent vocalist in Ian Kenny. Fave Songs: Umbra, Goliath, Simple Boy, New Day, The Caudal Lure, Set Fire to the Hive
Interesting, new-to-me heavy/alt rock, a lot of Pearl Jam DNA, but shot through with shades running from Pink Floyd to Radiohead. Overly self-serious as this genre tends to be, but a cut above the general pack musically.
Better than I expected
This LP can’t figure out what it wants to be – there’s a great instrumental basis, and the band clearly knows how to execute on some decent prog metal, but there’s too many detours into other genres and influences to allow this album time (even at 80 minutes long!) to develop a sound of its own. Could’ve gone for more of the growling, glassy bass lines and heavier tracks, and the thin vocals didn’t help either.