Themata is the debut full-length album by the Australian progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 band Karnivool

Karnivool

Karnivool are an Australian progressive rock band formed in Perth in 1997. The group currently consists of Ian Kenny on vocals, Drew Goddard and Mark Hosking on guitar, Jon Stockman on bass guitar, and Steve Judd on drums. Karnivool emerged from a band Kenny and Goddard formed during high school...

. The album was released independently on 7 February 2005, and was distributed via MGM Distribution

MGM Distribution

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. The album was released in the United States

United States

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 on 10 April 2007 via Bieler Bros. Records

Bieler Bros. Records

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 and in the UK

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 on 7 May 2008 on the Happy Go Lucky label.

The album was well received in Australia, with Kerrang!

Kerrang!

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 Magazine describing it as "a ten-track journey of soaring melody". Three singles were released from the album, "L1FEL1KE" in 2003, "Themata

Themata (song)

"Themata" is the second single/music video from Australian progressive/alternative rock band Karnivool. It was released as the second single from their debut album Themata on 11 July 2005, following the first single, "L1FEL1KE"...

" and "Shutterspeed", both in 2005.

Track listing

1. "C.O.T.E." – 5:50*
2. "Themata
   Themata (song)
   "Themata" is the second single/music video from Australian progressive/alternative rock band Karnivool. It was released as the second single from their debut album Themata on 11 July 2005, following the first single, "L1FEL1KE"...
   
   " – 5:40
3. "Shutterspeed" – 3:46
4. "Fear of the Sky" – 5:16
5. "Roquefort" – 4:38
6. "L1FEL1KE" – 4:40
7. "Scarabs" – 2:10
8. "Sewn and Silent" – 4:12
9. "Mauseum" – 3:54
10. "Synops" – 4:53
11. "Omitted for Clarity" – 0:20
12. "Change (Part 1)" – 3:28

Background

"Roquefort" was initially supposed to be recorded with a horns section, but the band did not have time to do this during the recording of the album. Harry Angus and Kieran Conrau of The Cat Empire

The Cat Empire

The Cat Empire are an Australian ska and jazz band formed in 1999. Core members are Harry James Angus , Will Hull-Brown , Jamshid "Jumps" Khadiwhala , Ollie McGill , Ryan Monro and Felix Riebl...

 later recorded trumpet and trombone respectively for the single version of "Roquefort". This version has been played live on a few occasions, including at Rock-It 2005, during the Triple J Hottest 100

Triple J Hottest 100

The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual music poll, based on the votes of national Australian radio station Triple J listeners, in order to determine their favourite song of the year. Voting is conducted by the internet and begins roughly two weeks prior to the new year for the previous year's songs...

 on 26 January 2007, and at the 2010 Melbourne Big Day Out.

Drew Goddard said the following regarding "Change", stating "'Change' wasn’t originally conceived as a two part song. We had written about 60% of "Change" as a whole piece and were desperately trying to finish it in preproduction for inclusion on Themata, as we thought it was shaping up to be an absolute cracker. Due to the nature of the song, the time needed to spend on it and the time we didn’t have we decided do the thing that annoyed everyone so much, and chop it at the peak of the climax, and then finish the 2nd part for inclusion the next album

Sound Awake

Notes"Deadman" does not run until 12:04, it stops at 10:08, and is followed by a re-recorded version of the closing song from Themata, "Change ", which then segues into "Change "...

. The title "Change" seemed fitting as this was the last song (mostly) written during the Themata sessions and almost signaled what we thought could be a change of direction on the next album.… It seems we were pretty spot on going by the general feel of the new material. It just wouldn’t have found its place on Themata.

Release details

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Australia	7 February 2005	Independent/MGM Distribution MGM Distribution MGM Distribution is the largest independent distributor of Australian music and music related merchandise and was established in April 1998 by Sebastian Chase....	CD	KARN001
United States	20 November 2007	Bieler Bros. Bieler Bros. Records Bieler Bros. Records is an independent record label based out of Florida, USA.-History:Bieler Bros. Records was formed in January 2002 by brothers Aaron and Jason Bieler...	CD	70015
			Digital
United Kingdom	7 May 2008	Happy Go Lucky	CD	070015