This has to be one of the records I was most looking forward
to this year and it does not disappoint. It is great to see the band grow with
each release. The main things you love about this band are intact but they have
grown a bit more progressive. Still strange and funny lyrics and stories, great
guitar riffs, bass lines and solos mixed with some spacey sounds at times. The
album starts off with the Smokay God. Drums and a bass line start things off
before the guitar line kicks in, followed by vocals and then a great groove. A
sparkling of synths adds to the stew and then a longish instrumental part and a
great guitar solo! Mycalia has some cool lyrics and this sort of epic rock tone
to it! The Hemtar is a more punky rocker with a sound going back to the bands
early records but then becomes more classic hard rock, prog… Scalas has you
banging your head and a great organ line and phased out guitar. The mid-end
section is really intense and psychedelic the way the keyboards are mixed. Far
out and included a bong hit at the end!
Stoned Odyssey is a long 3 part track.
Part one is slow and spacey and then kicks into high gear right away and
off we go. I like the more laid back vocal with some delay on it. Apolgd is
another uptempo fast track, actually every song on the record is a fast rocker!
It ends with some nice violin! Sightseeing with Admiral Byrd is a short
instrumental track. The CD ends with the great Death of Atlantis, which the
band played on their European tour. A totally killer track.. CD only lists 8 song but there are 9 on the CD… I look forward to see the gatefold vinyl for
this one. I hope they include the lyrics. I miss that in the CD wallet. A very
cool album…
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