Hayes is back with the 7th Secret Saucer
record and the first one ever on vinyl! It is amazing this band has been
releasing music since 2005. It has been 2 years since the last one. This album
features 10 shorter tracks and is more synth based with not a lot of guitar and
starts off with the solo synth piece called Mercury. Roaming Shores is next and
Steve (synths and guitar) is joined by the usual gang (Dave Hess on synth and gliss guitar, James
Dunn on Drums and Billy Spears on bass. This is a more uptempo space rocker with an
eerie synth that leads the track. Later the synths become very happy and dreamy
and this is followed by a cool guitar solo. Silver Tethers is a very floating
dreamy piece that reverberates like old Tangerine Dream stuff but with some
real drums. The Reset is a short piece. IT starts with some spacey stuff with a
spoken word or sample. This leads into Surfing on Saturn, the last track on
side A. This one is primarily synths
(some very cool!), bass and drums with a very repeated theme. I really miss
some guitar on this track. Treading on Crystal Light opens side B and is quite Hawkwind
like to start (think Golden Void). Later
it goes into a sort of strange reggae like stuff for a bit then back to where
it started but with a more Pink Floyd inspiration. We’re Waiting is a quite
short track with different layers of synths. Oriental Perturbation is a slow
track with multiple layers of synth with bass and drums. A slight oriental feel to the lead synth, I
guess. Burning Colors is another dreamy floating track with some really cool
layers. Beautiful stuff. Beaten Path sees the return of the guitar and some
really nice playing on another pretty laid back piece. A much more mellow and less rocking
experience from Secret Saucer.
Thanks Scott
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