From their website, “TELEPATHY’s” latest offering “Transmissions” marks the culmination of four years of introspection, experimentation and revitalization; representing the band at its expressive core. Inspired by faded photographs unearthed in the brother's family home and the surprise discovery of a long lost relic, the band is a cluster of musical messages that hurtles between nostalgic snapshots of the past and the everyday chaos of the present. Amongst precious memories and family treasures, the Turek brothers stumbled upon a recording of the first radio broadcast of statesman Józef Piłsudski, widely regarded as the founder of modern Poland. The wonder and optimism in his voice, captured over 100 years ago, ignited an inspirational drive to reflect this sense of awe in the present by pushing their musical creativity further than ever before.”

The album has seven songs, and “Oath” is first. It’s a massive, slow moving song with a weighted riff and the background is filled with other instruments, like some leads, and ambiance. The riff has a hypnotic rhythm of sorts, and it slows even further at the halfway point, marking its primal side. The final two minutes is a dreamy sequence that remind me of outer space…the awe of its power. Segueing into “Augury,” the tones mellow just a bit to more of pensive ponderings rather than pure snowblower riffs. It’s amazing how they can straddle both sides of the fences so well, and it also carries a sense of wonder…like you are witnessing something new for the first time.

“Knife Edge Effect” describes the phenomenon where electromagnetic radiation, like light or radio waves, is diffracted (bends around) when it encounters a sharp, well-defined edge. The keyboards create a picture of this that the average person would never be able to detect. “Tears in the Fibre” begins with quiet and gentle tones, but you still get the sense that you are a part of something much larger than the world. Stern, heavy tones take over, with the steady beat of drums. It begins to rise, with drum fills, and energy, and then it retreats again. The grey clouds that have hung in the sky for so long begin to dissipate, but the storm returns once more.  “A Silent Bridge” is a short segue to the lengthy “End Transmission.”

It enters with more dark and heavy tones, and a sense of something ominous out there. These ominous tones are reflected in the keyboards and eerie leads. It moves forward with a massive riff, that thuds the ground like the footprints of a large beast, and there are also some solemn tones, reflecting the solitary life of the beast. “Home” closes the album, and it wraps up the tale with a sense of wonder, and nostalgia.  Instrumental albums are always harder for a reviewer to digest, because many people associate with lyrics and vocals. Many instrumental bands have to work harder to draw you into their world, but TELEPATHY don’t need to worry about that with “Transmissions.” As a listener, I feel transported on a journey, to somewhere far away, where much of what I am familiar with doesn’t exist. It’s exploration in the deepest sense of that word.