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Insignify

by Rainburn

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1.
The Wait 01:52
"I can feel the weight. Of expectations. Relentless. Crushing. Hiding in this desolate womb, my insistent heartbeat is the only thing I hear. How ironic for a merchant of sound to find comfort in silence! There are monsters lurking outside, eager to feast on my fears. Their hungry eyes haunt the dark recesses of my soul. With a start, I realize the monsters are lurking inside. My mind is an unorganized machine. Beyond that door is a world dangerously unknown... and yet, entirely familiar. My faith lies in the furrows that time etches upon all our lives. Every day, every waking hour, I've known this feeling. For all the world's a stage; and the stage is all my world."
2.
I come from distant shores Bearing airs and words Ten tales of beauty and joy And of tears unheard I sing of lives I've led And worlds I've never seen Of lost love and newfound faith I'm the merchant of dreams Step out of the recesses Of your mind, into mine Hold my hand as we embark on A magic ride across the sky As you melt into the night Never again to be seen Carry my voice in your hearts I'm your merchant of dreams
3.
In your elusive light I feel Unbroken and free I recall a child Thirsting for the unknown Using shadows to hide Restless, alone And then a voice called out It knew his deepest aches His intangible dreams Followed in its wake In your elusive light I feel Unbroken and free Yet so much more vulnerable Than I wish to be I wait for your footsteps To sneak into my mind Take me to the place No one can find Our secret sanctuary Where life's always in tune What keeps the world from me Brings me to you In your elusive light I feel Unbroken and free Yet so much more vulnerable Than I wish to be Why must I Be blinded to be able to See the light That burns the same wounds it soothes? I wish I knew Why these ever-festering wounds Confine me to A world so far away from all of you
4.
Mirrors 04:16
In this haze Awash in waves of hunger for me Bodies splayed In wide-eyed wonder; all for me? Insecurity outbound Pulling them all slowly down Set free in a raging sea of mirrors A dream-like mist Colourless and broken with a Thousand twists All the words spoken in the Room reeking of desperation Everyone seeking validation Abrased souls in a maze of mirrors Starting to lose myself in this growing murk Jerks on my tail looking for a circle jerk Tonight I am the king of this empire of dirt Voices cut Through blurring consciousness they tell me They've called my bluff I'm not worth enough to sell me Did I read it in their eyes Or speak to myself in disguise? I'm all I can see in this hall of mirrors We're all mirrors... "I've had my eyes on you from the moment that I saw you. Do you have a girlfriend?"
5.
Someone New 05:35
She's cold and desolate Mirroring all I am Quenching a primal yearning Emotional anagrams Two worlds colliding Timeless quest, unconfined Crawling into her skin Blind feeding the blind Someone new... Two bodies conflate Amidst fervid moans But now more than ever Two spirits forlorn Every dawn, this sated heat Fails to hide the cold beneath The glib facades where strangers meet "Help me be someone new" Let me sync into you Until I'm someone new Colour me in your hue Until I'm someone new Let me sink into you Until I'm someone new Colour me in your hue Until I'm someone new
6.
Purpose 02:41
ARTIST: Wondering why I do what I do Caught in the race for afternoon dew Born into isolation, weaned On whoring out my Carefully embroidered community mask Chasing stardom, all I find is stardumb It's fake, it's grotesque, it's sick, it's Who we are now and forever No sign of life behind the mask Just a portrait for virtual Galleries long after we are gone Wondering why I do what I do When all you want are background hues To your idle, suburban rants A magic ride away From the abandoned recesses of your mind You need a merchant, not an artist Because all is well with all that sells Like beauty and war and hunger and The idea that God wants Me to kill, so just go ahead and Put that fucking price tag on my soul LOVER: Wondering why I am what I am Inert at sea, drowning on land Honesty breeds loneliness Loved for someone I'm not Hated for everything that I truly am So I hold you night after night A nameless, faceless, unfeeling Orgy that I wish would fill the Void in my soul Wondering why I am what I am Futile emotional anagram Loved and been drubbed, been loved and snubbed Now I'm all out of love Left to rule my haunted empire of loss My misery hates company Broke free of a thousand cages Only to find I'm forever Trapped in my own SEEKER: Wondering why I am here at all Just a raindrop in an endless squall I'm the voice of eternity I am truth, I'm reason And there is no true reason for why I am Wondering why I am here at all An ounce of shale in a limitless wall Fused to a distant corner of Infinity; take me Away and there would still be infinity HUMAN: Why couldn't I be special? Why should I be special? And what does being special even mean?
7.
Suicide Note 06:44
"How can I simplify? How can I simplify myself?" Ten past noon, I think it must be Bright and warm outside But it's dark in this unsung room And darker inside my mind Whom do I write this to? It's supposed to be Addressed to some people who know me No one will understand No one did anyway Perhaps an apt end to this story All I can say is I tried How can I simplify this any more? Still not dark enough in here Light peeks in through the blinds Like hope trying to claw its way back But hope, faith and love lied "They lied... faith, hope and love" They promised me much peace But then they all left Me with a bequest of stifled breaths Now I stand here at the Edge of forever One final sigh away from death Ran out of tears to cry How can I simplify myself? All I can say is I tried How can I simplify this any more? "How can I simplify myself?" Once I had dreams and yearnings Once there was a gleam in my heart Then life wandered out of reach Left me to flounder in the dark Once I thought I knew happiness Silent gratitude, expressed in smiles Now my smiles are immortalized in Tawdry profile pics full of lies The gun now casts a sensual glance Drawing me to my final dance Gaze into this black void of peace A twitch away from eternity For eternity
8.
Insignify 01:46
"Step out of the recesses Of your mind, into mine I'm your merchant of dreams Yet so much more vulnerable Than I wish to be I'm all I can see in this hall of mirrors Whom do I write this to It's supposed to be Addressed to some people who know me Now I stand here at the Edge of forever One final sigh away from death Help me be someone new Why couldn't I be special? And what does being special even mean?"
9.
Within 05:16
Walking through the garden on an afternoon Do the leaves stir, or is it the wind that moves? This wind and tree And all the things I see Move only in worlds within me River flows, caressing highs and lows Through silent rifts, fields of gold and snow Just born, young, Wise and dying at once This endless stream and I are but one I sought myself on hills and by seas In deities, norms and nationalities In solitude and multitudes I found no trace of me or you Can't you see Purpose and eternity Lie within you, within me
10.
Faces Traces lost Erased and faceless, carrying the cross That's the causeway I strive to find Ride the lost lane to my mind I recall a child, thirsting for the unknown Then a voice called out and he followed Took him such a long time to realize All along, the voice lay deep inside Some flowers bloom in shadows benign So here in Atlantis, let me shine Let me find my way to the starry night Where the raven is unburdened in flight Somewhere in this machine, so unorganized Lies the door that leads into my mind Some flowers bloom in shadows benign Some wilt under blue, radiant skies Chasing the sun until they lose sight So here in Atlantis, let me shine Some flowers bloom in shadows benign Some wilt under blue, radiant skies Chasing the sun until they lose sight So here in Atlantis, let me shine "I can feel the wait"

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INSIGNIFY is a concept album about an artist's search for purpose within and beyond the realms of insecurity and narcissism.

"Varying aesthetics that together weave a uniquely unpredictable sound. India's leading outfit on a scene that didn't exist when they started, Rainburn are putting their nation's progressive prowess on the map." - Prog Magazine

"Rainburn weave in existentialist metaphors and sublime prog on 'Insignify'. There's serpentine, hypnotic melodies on 'Mirrors', charged-up chaos on 'Suicide Note' and high emotive content on 'Within' and 'School of Atlantis'.'" - Rolling Stone: Top 10 Indian Albums of 2018

"A fresh approach to prog-rock. There are songs of turmoil ("Mirrors" and "Suicide Note") and madness (“Purpose”), while “Within" and "School Of Atlantis” offer clarity as well as an inimitable Hindustani classical influence." - Apple Music: Featured Album
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"There is most definitely something in the way that these ten tracks are composed that has created music which sounds fresh and original and exciting. An incredibly impressive debut album." - DPRP: Top 20 Heavy Prog Albums of 2018

"An amazing journey with passages of extreme high intensity, soft introspection, delicate acoustic transitions and high exaltation." - Prog Sphere

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released November 7, 2018

Concept, music and lyrics by Vats Iyengar except:
Music for Track 1 by Manu Shrivastava and Vats Iyengar,
Music for Track 5 by Praveen Kumar and Vats Iyengar

Mixed by Thejus Nair at Eleven Gauge Recordings
Mastered by Tony Lindgren at Fascination Street Studios
Artwork by Aaron Pinto / Kidsquidy
Produced by Vats Iyengar

Vats Iyengar - lead & backing vocals, electric & acoustic guitars
Praveen Kumar - drums, percussion
Ravi Nair - bass guitar
Manu Shrivastava - piano & keyboards (Track 1)
Toshimoa Jamir - final guitar solo (Track 3)
Yogeendra Hariprasad - keyboards (Track 4)
Gurekta Sethi - outro voiceover (Track 4)
Vidyaa Prakash - additional vocals (Track 9)
Sidharth Bharadwaj - flute (Track 10)

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Rainburn Bengaluru, India

Rainburn is a progressive rock band based in Bangalore, India.

The band's debut EP, ‘Canvas of Silence’ was rated one of the Top 5 Prog Albums of 2015 by Classic Rock Magazine.

Rainburn's debut full-length album, 'Insignify' was lauded by Prog Magazine, and picked among the Top 10 Indian.albums of 2018 by Rolling Stone.

The band's second full-length album 'Vignettes' is out on 24 Nov 2023.
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