RIVERSIDE – New single/video for “Friend or Foe? (Live ID.)” out now

7th January 2025 0 By Jon Deaux

Poland’s pioneering and leading Progressive Rock band RIVERSIDE have recently announced their definitive live album release, “Live ID.”. Recorded on June 1^st, 2024 at COS Torwar in Warsaw, “Live ID.” culminates the “ID.Entity” album cycle with a massive live rendition of 12 songs across over 110 minutes playing time and will be released worldwide via InsideOutMusic on January 24^th, 2025.

RIVERSIDE’s vocalist/bass-player and main songwriter Mariusz Duda comments about the upcoming live release as follows:

“I would argue that RIVERSIDE always come across better in concerts than on studio albums. In fact, it’s only during live performances that our songs gain their full potential. What’s more, some song arrangements are much better in live versions than in studio recordings. There are a lot of nuances, quirks, and, above all, explanations of what RIVERSIDE’s music is all about. That’s why “Live ID.” is not just an ordinary live album. It’s an album that reveals the band’s true identity.“

“Live ID.” not only contains thrilling performances of songs off RIVERSIDE’s latest and much acclaimed 2023 studio album “ID.Entity”, but also re-visits catalog favorites in a compelling way, once more stressing the band’s unique stance and relevance within the current progressive music scene.

For the next taste of “Live ID.”, check out the release’s second single “Friend Or Foe? (Live ID.)” out now across all digital platforms, or check out the live-clip taken from the live Blu-ray, directed by Paul Green

“Live ID.” Will be made available as Ltd. 2CD+Blu-ray Digipak (With 24page booklet and the Blu-ray comes with stereo and 5.1 audio options for the live-show, plus a special “Behind the Scenes” feature), Gatefold 3LP on 180g vinyl with 8page LP-Booklet or as Digital album. Here is the complete tracklisting of the show and release formats:

RIVERSIDE – “Live ID.”:

CD1 (48:04):

#Addicted (Live ID.) (07:51)
Panic Room (Live ID.) (04:40)
Landmine Blast (Live ID.) (07:28)
Big Tech Brother (Live ID.) (08:11)
Lost (Live ID.) (06:56)
Left Out (Live ID.) (12:53)

CD2 (64:20):

Post-Truth (Live ID.) (06:40)
The Place Where I Belong (Live ID.) (15:45)
Egoist Hedonist (Live ID.) (11:12)
Friend or Foe? (Live ID.) (08:46)
Self-Aware (Live ID.) (09:45)
Conceiving You (Live ID.) (12:07)

Blu-ray (140:04):

– Live Show (125:02):

#Addicted (Live ID.) (07:50)
Panic Room (Live ID.) (07:21)
Landmine Blast (Live ID.) (07:26)
Big Tech Brother (Live ID.) (08:18)
Lost (Live ID.) (09:51)
Left Out (Live ID.) (15:52)
Post-Truth (Live ID.) (06:43)
The Place Where I Belong (Live ID.) (15:47)
Egoist Hedonist (Live ID.) (11:10)
Friend or Foe? (Live ID.) (08:28)
Self-Aware (Live ID.) (11:12)
Conceiving You (Live ID.) (11:36)

– Behind The Scenes Documentary (15:02)

“Live ID.” will also be available as Gatefold 3LP on 180g vinyl with 8page LP-Booklet in the following variants:
– Gatefold black 3LP / Unlimited
– Gatefold lilac 3LP / Limited to 400x copies, available from JPC & Burning Shed
– Gatefold blue 3LP / Limited to 500x copies, available from insideoutshop.de & various other retailers

And the vinyl will come with the following track-listing:

RIVERSIDE – “Live ID.” / Gatefold 3LP:

LP 1 – Side A (19:58):

#Addicted (Live ID.) (07:51)
Panic Room (Live ID.) (04:40)
Landmine Blast (Live ID.) (07:27)

LP 1 – Side B (15:15):

Big Tech Brother (Live ID.) (08:11)
Lost (Live ID.) (07:03)

LP 2 – Side C (19:35):

Left Out (Live ID.) (12:48)
Post-Truth (Live ID.) (06:45)

LP 2 – Side D (15:51):

The Place Where I Belong (Live ID.) (15:51)

LP 3 – Side E (20:04):

Egoist Hedonist (Live ID.) (11:17)
Friend or Foe? (Live ID.) (08:46)

LP 3 – Side F (21:45):

Self-Aware (Live ID.) (09:42)
Conceiving You (Live ID.) (12:02)

The pre-order for “Live ID.” is available here: https://riverside.lnk.to/LiveID

And make sure not to miss RIVERSIDE live on these upcoming shows:

RIVERSIDE – Live 2025
25.01.2025 Utrecht (The Netherlands) – TivoliVredenburg / MidWinter Prog Festival
www.facebook.com/midwinterprogfestival

04.04.-09.04.2025 Miami / Puerto Plata / Great Stirrup Cay – Cruise to the Edge / Fuego del Caribe
www.cruisetotheedge.com

Further details can be found here: https://riversideband.pl/en/gigs

RIVERSIDE’s latest, 8^th studio album “ID.Entity” was released in early 2023 and achieved outstanding international sales chart entries upon release as follows: Germany: # 4, Poland: # 2, Switzerland: # 6, The Netherlands: # 9, Finland: # 14, Austria: # 22, Belgium: # 97, France: # 155, UK: # 89, UK / Rock Charts: # 3, USA / Top New Artist Albums: # 7, USA / Current Album Sales: # 61, USA / Hard Music Albums: # 9, USA / Current Rock Albums: # 20.

You can check out the singles/videos off “ID.Entity” here:

“I’m Done With You”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q6XJfKxKb4

“Self-Aware (Single Edit)”: https://youtu.be/Weuo4hgVHyY

“Friend or Foe? (Single Edit)”: https://youtu.be/EWQQFjyHtro

Or check this entertaining entire album visualizer playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfMBXSLZAyyfbxy4gtef5bw98ozJFfGGC

You can still order “ID.Entity” in its various formats here:
https://riverside.lnk.to/IDEntity or here: https://riverside.lnk.to/IDEntitybio

Stay tuned for further RIVERSIDE news coming soon…

RIVERSIDE line-up:
Mariusz Duda – vocal, bass
Michał Łapaj – keyboards and backing vocal
Maciej Meller – guitar

Piotr Kozieradzki – drums