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New Rob Reed and Peter Jones Project, CYAN
| Magenta’s Rob Reed and Camel’s Peter Jones come together to resurrect the band CYAN with reimagined and reworked material from the band’s debut album. CYAN features Luke Machin, Pete Jones, Dan Nelson New album ‘For King and Country’ due out on Sept 24th |
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| Keyboardist and composer Rob Reed, known for his work with Magenta, Kompendium and Sanctuary solo albums, is pleased to announce a brand-new album from Cyan – For King and Country, due out on the 24th of September 2021. Prior to Magenta, almost 30 years ago, Reed release three albums with his then band Cyan. Out of the ashes of that band, Magenta was borne. Now, on this new Cyan album, Reed has rewritten, rerecorded and reimagined material from the early days of Cyan, and this time with a brilliant new lineup. The group features vocalist Pete Jones (Camel, Tiger Moth Tales), guitarist Luke Machin (Maschine, The Tangent), and bassist Dan Nelson (Godsticks, Magenta). The band will be playing their first show at Summers End Festival, Sunday, Oct. 3rd. The album is available for pre-order here: https://www.tigermothshop.co.uk/store/Cyan-c117062595 Watch the video for the 15-minute opening track and first single “The Sorceror” here: https://youtu.be/x578hquw9nw |
| Rob Reed on the new album: “Little did I know in 1983, sitting at the school piano writing these songs, that almost 40 years later those same songs would sound like they do on this album. I remember the original Cyan, made up of school mates, pooling our money, £35 to record them at a local 4 track studio with basic equipment. It’s been amazing to finally hear the songs at their full potential, with modern recording techniques and an amazing line up of players. “I’d held off releasing this album because I couldn’t find a vocalist to do it justice. Meeting Pete ticked that box, as soon as I heard him sing the first track. His voice just blends so good against Angharad Brinn, who I’d worked with on the Sanctuary solo albums. Having Luke play the guitar parts was just the icing on the cake. He is such a great player, with technique and feel. What a line up!” Pete Jones had this to say about the project: “I had known about the reworking of For King And Country for a while, so it was a great thrill to be asked by Rob to work with him on the project, alongside the other amazing musicians such as Luke and Angharad. The songs are fantastic. They have a youthful and yet vintage quality to them, as well they might, given that they were first done in the early 90s. But with the benefit of Rob’s experience, they have been reworked into an album which I feel is right up there with the classics.” |
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| Tracklisting: 1.The Sorceror 2.Call Me 3.I Defy The Sun 4.Don’t Turn Away 5.Snowbound 6.Man Amongst Men 7.Night Flight 8.For King and Country Featured in photo: Rob Reed Dan Nelson Luke Machin Jimmy Griffiths Peter Jones |
| Magenta/CYAN/TigerMothTales Website https://www.tigermothshop.co.uk/ |
Cosmograf News
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Dear All COSMOGRAF GOES LIVE! We are thrilled to announce that we are making our first tentative steps into playing live gigs after our last appearance 7 years ago. As well as our appearance headlining the Summer’s End festival on Sunday 3rd October we are also now playing the 1865 in Southampton on Tuesday 5th October. We will hopefully be listing more dates for next year. For tickets please visit the venue websites. THE MAKING OF RATTRAPANTE FILM  We recently put a short film on YouTube about the making of Rattrapante. It’s a rough and ready, behind the scenes look at the long and laborious process of making a progressive rock album in the modern era. As with all Cosmograf albums, Rattrapante was made on a shoestring, but no compromise was made in the craft. The starting point is a worked out song template, a demo and the guest performances are added, sometimes recorded remotely. There’s always real drums, amazing mics and pre-amps, a lot of great outboard and ridiculous attention to detail in the mixing process. It takes around 1000 hours of work to make one of these albums, and this video filmed over 18months during 2019-2021, compresses that process to around 25mins. Even in that edit, there are times where ‘not a lot’ happens’, an indication of that most of that time is spent working on things that can barely be seen or heard until they come together in the finished product.Check it out at the link here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afib1IhA5G8 EXTENDED INTERVIEW WITH GRANT MOON  I recently did a very detailed interview with Grant Moon an acclaimed music writer and regular contributor to the likes of PROG magazine and TOTAL GUITAR. The interview covered nearly 2 hours and covering my career, latest album with part 2 focussing more on the tech I use in the studio and guitar setups. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjlcPtiFuMk NEW GRAVITY DREAM RELEASE – DEC BURKE – LIFE IN TWO DIMENSIONS  A new release to my label Gravity Dream Music is the new album from Dec Burke (ex-Frost*/ Dilemma/ Audioplastik etc.) which is being released on September 24th. I had the pleasure of mixing the album for Dec and the lead track ‘Life In Two Dimensions’ is now on YouTube and you can view that here. You can also pre order the CD and or T Shirt from our store. The first 100 orders get an exclusive postcard signed by Dec. RATTRAPANTE CD AND VINYL Rattrapante has now been out since March 26th. We still have plenty of CDs left if you wish to buy but stocks of the vinyl edition are now limited. If you would like to grab one before they sell out, click on the image below. Thanks for your great support! Regards Robin |
Transatlantic Tour Dates, 2022
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TRANSATLANTIC reveal ‘The Absolute Universe’ 2022 Tour Dates for North America & UK/Europe!  TRANSATLANTIC – the Prog Supergroup of Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy, Roine Stolt & Pete Trewavas – are pleased to announce tour dates for North America and UK/Europe to take place in 2022. The tour will be in support of the group’s epic release ‘The Absolute Universe’ which was released earlier this year in multiple versions. The North America dates kick off April 15th in Glenside, PA and concludes with performances at Morsefest 2022 and Cruise to the Edge. Meanwhile, the Europe/UK dates take place in July beginning with the ARTmania festival in Romania.Mike Portnoy had this to say about the upcoming tour:“Between releasing our latest album in the middle of a worldwide pandemic & shutdown, and the already difficult task of trying to align our different schedules even in the most normal of circumstances, it was uncertain if Transatlantic would ever get to play any shows in support of The Absolute Universe. “But now with the world slowly re-opening and the band already committing to a few one-off appearances in 2022 (Cruise To The Edge, Morsefest and a Festival in Romania), we’re excited to announce we were able to wrangle up some headlining shows surrounding these one-offs! (April in North America and July in EU/UK) “These are the ONLY shows we will be doing in support of The Absolute Universe so if we can’t make it to your area, it may be worth traveling to come see us and share these special shows with us. While we wish we could do a full proper tour, getting to play ANY shows for this album is an unexpected treat that we weren’t sure would ever happen…so better late than never!” – Mike Portnoy North America dates:April 15th • Glenside, PA – Keswick Theater https://www.axs.com/events/409822/an-evening-with-transatlantic-tickets April 16th • Montclair, NJ – Wellmont Theater https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/02005AFEFC0F7014 April 18th • Quebec City, Quebec – Palais Montcalm https://palaismontcalm.tuxedobillet.com/main/transatlantic April 19th • Montreal, Quebec – M Telus https://www.ticketmaster.ca/event/31005B03CBCC1934?lang=en-ca&brand=mtelus April 21st • St Charles, IL – Arcada Theater https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/4311193/transatlantic-stcharles-the-arcada-theatre?_ga=2.14751414.123937637.1628201559-79101957.1628201559 April 23rd • Los Angeles, CA – Belasco Theater https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/09005B05AF17211D April 24th • Berkeley, CA – UC Theatre https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/4360146/an-evening-with-transatlantic-berkeley-the-uc-theatre April 29th & 30th • Cross Plains, TN – MorseFest 2022 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/morsefest-2022-tickets-164759830087 May 2nd to 7th • Cruise To The Edge 2022 https://cruisetotheedge.com/book-now/ UK/Europe dates: July 22nd – Sibiu, Romania – ARTmania Festival July 24th – Cologne, Germany – E Werk https://www.myticket.de/de/transatlantic-the-absolute-universe-2022-tour-tickets July 25th – Tilburg, Netherlands – 013 https://www.ticketmaster.nl/event/272933?CAMEFROM=013&brand=nl_013web July 27th – London, England – O2 Forum Kentish Town https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/1F005AFE183A8DE7 July 28th – Paris, France – Olympia (ON SALE ON AUG 18TH) www.olympiahall.com/evenements/transatlantic/ ***Representing the band’s first new music since 2014’s ‘Kaleidoscope’, with ‘The Absolute Universe’ the band have done something unique and created two versions of the record: ‘The Absolute Universe: The Breath Of Life (Abridged Version)’ & ‘The Absolute Universe: Forevermore (Extended Version)’.‘The Absolute Universe: The Breath Of Life (Abridged Version)’Available as:Single CD Edition, Gatefold 2LP+CD, or Digital Album ‘The Absolute Universe: Forevermore (Extended Version)’ Available as: 2CD Edition, 3LP+2CD Boxset, or Digital Album The full list of formats is below, and you can order now here: https://transatlantic.lnk.to/TheAbsoluteUniverse Watch the previously released video clips for the album below:‘Looking For The Light’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvhvY-vUkLI‘The World We Used To Know’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xULvfo6rpvE‘Overture/Reaching For The Sky’: https://youtu.be/SP5HwWbCQvg ‘The Absolute Interview’ series was also launched, which saw each member of Transatlantic interviewed by one of their musical peers, with Ross Jennings (Haken, Novena), Ted Leonard (Pattern-Seeking Animals, Spock’s Beard, Enchant), Nad Sylvan (Steve Hackett, Agents of Mercy) & John Mitchell (It Bites, Lonely Robot, Frost*) taking part. Watch the full series here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfMBXSLZAyyf9kipocjOullLWwQyRX8Cw Watch a short snippet from the making of documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=964kfA1EX4s   TRANSATLANTIC online:https://www.transatlanticweb.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TransatlanticMusic/ www.instagram.com/transatlanticofficial www.twitter.com/transatlantic99 INSIDEOUT MUSIC online: www.insideoutmusic.com www.youtube.com/InsideOutMusicTV www.facebook.com/InsideOutMusic www.twitter.com/InsideOutUSA www.insideoutmusic.store http://spotify.com/progrockessentials |
Jeff Bezos & Richard Branson Spaceflights Should Be Celebrated | National Review
A thirst for exploration has always been a crucial part of the American spirit, so it is fitting that both forays took off from the United States — Richard Branson’s from New Mexico, and Jeff Bezos’s from Texas. Americans should seek to build atop these admirable breakthroughs and to ensure that, 20, 30, 40 years hence, when the next vaultingly ambitious entrepreneurs try something astonishing of their own, they, too, find a safe and welcoming reception on American soil.
— Read on www.nationalreview.com/2021/07/to-boldly-go/
NMB: “Bird on a Wire” Video
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NMB (Neal Morse Band)– release video for “Bird On A Wire” the second single from ‘Innocence & Danger’  NMB are set to release their much-anticipated fourth studio album ‘Innocence & Danger’, on August 27th, 2021. Today, the band are pleased to share the video for “Bird On A Wire”, the second single taken from the upcoming album.Watch the video for “Bird On A Wire,” created by Christian Rios, here https://youtu.be/Bse9D2yhkwAMike Portnoy says this about the track, “This was the 2nd song we wrote for the new album’s sessions. The main riff & groove stemmed from an idea Randy George brought in and the chorus was something Bill had…and the intro and middle shred riffs were Eric’s…another truly collaborative effort!” Watch the video for the album’s first single “Do It All Again” here: https://youtu.be/PiNt_kQvoag Watch a clip from “The Making of Innocence & Danger” here: https://youtu.be/piRaLvCPbQI ‘Innocence & Danger’, featuring artwork by Thomas Ewerhard (Transatlantic), will be available as: • Limited 2CD+DVD Digipak (featuring a Making Of documentary) • 3LP+2CD Boxset • Standard 2CD Jewelcase • Digital Album Pre-order now here: https://thenealmorseband.lnk.to/InnocenceAndDanger  Tour dates for NMB – ‘An Evening of Innocence & Danger’ are on sale nowacross US and Europe here: https://www.nealmorse.com/2021/06/18/nmbtourdates/ USA 2021 Oct 8th & 9th – Cross Plains, TN – Morsefest 2021 Oct 12th – Seattle, WA – The Triple Door Oct 14th – St Charles, IL – The Arcada Oct 15th – Pontiac, MI – The Crofoot Ballroom Oct 16th – Ft Wayne, IN – Pieres Oct 17th – Cleveland, OH – The Beachland Ballroom Oct 19th – Glenside, PA – The Keswick Theater Oct 20th – Baltimore, MD – Soundstage Oct 21st – Boston, MA – The Sinclair Oct 22nd – New York City, NY – The Sony Theater Europe 2022 May 28th – Madrid, Spain – Teatro Kapital May 29th – Barcelona, Spain – Apolo May 30th – Milan, Italy – Live Club May 31st – Pratteln, Switzerland – Z7 June 2nd – Tilburg, Netherlands – 013 June 3rd – London, England – Shepherds Bush Empire June 4th – Paris, France – Trianon June 5th – Esch Sur Alzette, Luxembourg – Rockhal June 7th – Cologne, Germany – Live Music Hall June 9th – Brno, Czech Republic – Sono June 10th – Krakow, Poland – Studio Club June 11th – Warsaw, Poland – Progresja June 13th – Hamburg, Germany – Markthalle June 15th – Copenhagen, Denmark – Amager Bio June 16th – Gothenburg, Sweden – Pustervik June 17th – Oslo, Norway – Cosmopolite June 18th – Stockholm, Sweden – Lilla Cirkus *** With NMB’s previous two releases being concept albums, it’s perhaps remarkable that Innocence & Danger is a series of unrelated songs, but drummer Mike Portnoy says “After two sprawling back to back double concept albums in a row, it was refreshing to get back to writing a collection of unrelated individual songs in the vein of our first album.” Indeed, making this album came easy to the band; while the initial inspiration came particularly from Bill Hubauer (keyboards) and Randy George (bass), the ideas flowed from everybody from there on, as George recalls: “I am excited about the level of collaboration that we achieved on this one. We even went in with a lot of ideas that weren’t necessarily developed, and I think in the end we have something that represents the best of everybody in the band.” In fact – like its two acclaimed predecessors – Innocence & Danger is a double album by inspiration, rather than design, as Portnoy explains: “As much as we wanted to try and keep it to a single album after having just done two double albums, we wrote so much material that we found ourselves with our third double album in a row! That’s pretty prog!” There is also plenty in Innocence & Danger to excite those prog fans who have a thirst for epics, as Neal Morse explains: “There’s one half hour epic and another that’s about 20 minutes long. I really didn’t realize that they were that long when we were recording them, which I guess is great because if a movie is really good, you don’t realize that it’s three hours long! But there are also some shorter songs: some have poppier elements, some are heavier and some have three part acoustic sections. I’m excited about all of it, really.” NMB (Neal Morse Band) is Neal Morse (vocals, keyboards and guitars) Mike Portnoy (drums, vocals) Randy George (bass) Eric Gillette (guitars, vocals) Bill Hubauer (keyboards, vocals)NMB ONLINE:www.facebook.com/The-Neal-Morse-Band www.instagram.com/thenealmorsebandofficial www.twitter.com/nealmorseband1 INSIDEOUT MUSIC online:www.insideoutmusic.com www.youtube.com/InsideOutMusicTV www.facebook.com/InsideOutMusic www.twitter.com/InsideOutUSA InsideOutMusic.Store Spotify: Prog Metal Playlist Spotify: Prog Rock Playlist |
Robby Steinhardt: RIP (Official Announcement)
The Steinhardt Family announces the passing of legendary musician Robby Steinhardt.
Robert Eugene Steinhardt, was well recognized as a founding member and original violinist and vocalist for the rock band Kansas.
His violin and vocals on, “Dust in The Wind”, “Point Of No Return” and “Carry On My Wayward Son”, have etched Robby a solid place in rock history.
Robby had been recording his new album with producer Michael Franklin, who put together an all-star cast of famous musicians in support of Robby’s comeback.
Steinhardt was very proud of this project, slated for release in late 2021. He had begun rehearsals for a national tour when he became ill.
Robby is survived by his wife Cindy, and daughter Becky. Steinhardt was 71 years old.
He will be deeply missed by all he knew and his music will last forever. A memorial will be announced in the future.
–via Glass Onion and Michael Franklin
Big Big Train – Common Ground (Album Review) – The Prog Report
Big Big Train matters. Common Ground matters.
A new release from Big Big Train is never just another release in the world of prog. Since 2009’s The Underfall Yard, the band has been one of the leading bands of third-wave prog, the signal marker and bellwether. Indeed, every release from Big Big Train for the past decade has manifested itself as a fundamental shift—a very rethinking of who and what we are as a community—of the genre itself. While there are innumerable great prog acts out there, none quite match Big Big Train when it comes to innovation, to creativity, and to cohesion. Is there any band with such a fanatic and determined fan base? If so, I’m not familiar with them. Big Big Train is as much a movement as it is a band.
— Read on progreport.com/big-big-train-common-ground-album-review/
My 103 favorite albums
So, it’s the last day of vacation, and I just got back from a gorgeous hike in the Big Horn Mountains, Wyoming. For some reason, as I unwind, it just felt right to list my favorite albums of all time. Here’s hoping you enjoy. . .
- Anathema, Weather Systems
- Beach Boys, Pet Sounds
- Big Big Train, English Electric
- Big Big Train, Grimspound
- Big Big Train, The Underfall Yard
- Catherine Wheel, Adam and Eve
- Chicago Transit Authority
- Chris Squire, Fish Out of Water
- Cocteau Twins, Heaven or Las Vegas
- Cosmograf, Capacitor
- Dave Brubeck Quartet, Time Changes
- Dave Brubeck Quartet, Time Out
- Flower Kings, Flower Power
- Flower Kings, Space Revolver
- Flower Kings, Stardust We Are
- Genesis, A Trick of the Tail
- Genesis, Foxtrot
- Genesis, Selling England by the Pound
- Glass Hammer, Chronometree
- Glass Hammer, Valkyrie
- IZZ, Crush of Night
- Jethro Tull, Benefit
- Jethro Tull, Thick as a Brick
- Kansas, Leftoverature
- Kansas, Point of No Return
- Kate Bush, Aerial
- Kate Bush, Hounds of Love
- Kevin McCormick, Squall
- Kevin McCormick, With the Coming of Evening
- Led Zeppelin I
- Led Zeppelin II
- Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy
- Marillion, FEAR
- Marillion, Marbles
- Marillion, Afraid of Sunlight
- Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
- Moody Blues, Days of Future Passed
- My Bloody Valentine, Loveless
- NAO, Fog Electric
- Neal Morse Band, The Grand Experiment
- Neal Morse, Testimony
- New Order, Low Life
- Newspaperflyhunting, Iceberg Soul
- Nosound, Lightdark
- Peter Gabriel, Security
- Peter Gabriel, So
- Pink Floyd, Animals
- Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon
- Pink Floyd, Meddle
- Porcupine Tree, Fear of a Blank Planet
- Porcupine Tree, Sky Moves Sideways
- Pure Reason Revolution, The Dark Third
- Riverside, Out of Myself
- Riverside, Second Life Syndrome
- Riverside, Wasteland
- Rush, 2112
- Rush, Clockwork Angels
- Rush, Grace Under Pressure
- Rush, Moving Pictures
- Rush, Signals
- Rush, Snakes and Arrows
- Simon and Garfunkel, Bookends
- Simon and Garfunkel, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme
- Simple Minds, New Gold Dream
- Simple Minds, Sister Feelings Call/Sons and Fascination
- Simple Minds, Sparkle in the Rain
- Spock’s Beard, Snow
- Spock’s Beard, V
- Steven Wilson, Grace from Drowning
- Steven Wilson, Hand.Cannot.Erase.
- Steven Wilson, Insurgentes
- Talk Talk, Laughing Stock
- Talk Talk, Spirit of Eden
- Talk Talk, Colour of Spring
- Tears for Fears, Elemental
- Tears for Fears, Everybody Loves a Happy Ending
- Tears for Fears, Songs from the Big Chair
- Tears for Fears, The Hurting
- The Connells, Boylan Heights
- The Cure, Disintegration
- The Cure, Pornography
- The Doors, The Doors
- The Sundays, Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic
- The Tangent, Le Sacre du Travail
- The Tangent, The Music That Died Alone
- Thomas Dolby, Golden Age of Wireless
- Thomas Dolby, The Flat Earth
- Traffic, John Barleycorn Must Die
- Transatlantic, SMPTe
- Transatlantic, The Absolute Universe
- U2, The Joshua Tree
- U2, Unforgettable Fire
- U2, War
- Ultravox, Lament
- Ultravox, Rage in Eden
- Van Morrison, Astral Weeks
- World Party, Goodbye Jumbo
- XTC, Black Sea
- XTC, Skylarking
- Yes, 90125
- Yes, Close to the Edge
- Yes, Drama
- Yes, Fragile
Neal Morse Band–Do It All Again
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NMB – release video for “Do It All Again” the first single from the upcoming album ‘Innocence & Danger’ Pre-order starts today Tour Dates revealed for US and Europe NMB recently announced their much-anticipated fourth studio album ‘Innocence & Danger’, to be released on August 27th, 2021. Today, the band are sharing the first single and video from the album for the opening track “Do It All Again.” Watch the video for “Do It All Again,” created by Christian Rios, here https://youtu.be/PiNt_kQvoagMike Portnoy says this about the track, “This was the first song we wrote when we reconvened for the sessions for this album. It rooted from an idea Bill Hubauer brought in and we built off it from there. Like most NMB songs, I love the sharing of lead vocals…Neal Morse on the verses, Bill on the B section and an amazingly catchy 3-part harmony chorus with Eric Gillette taking the lead.” ‘Innocence & Danger’, featuring artwork by Thomas Ewerhard (Transatlantic), will be available as: • Limited 2CD+DVD Digipak (featuring a Making Of documentary) • 3LP+2CD Boxset • Standard 2CD Jewelcase • Digital Album Pre-order now here: https://thenealmorseband.lnk.to/InnocenceAndDanger NMB are also happy to announce tour dates for ‘An Evening of Innocence & Danger’ across US and Europe.USA 2021Oct 8th & 9th – Cross Plains, TN – Morsefest 2021 Oct 12th – Seattle, WA – The Triple Door Oct 14th – St Charles, IL – The Arcada Oct 15th – Pontiac, MI – The Crofoot Ballroom Oct 16th – Ft Wayne, IN – Pieres Oct 17th – Cleveland, OH – The Beachland Ballroom Oct 19th – Glenside, PA – The Keswick Theater Oct 20th – Baltimore, MD – Soundstage Oct 21st – Boston, MA – The Sinclair Oct 22nd – New York City, NY – The Sony Theater Europe 2022May 28th – Madrid, Spain – Teatro Kapital May 29th – Barcelona, Spain – Apolo May 30th – Milan, Italy – Live Club May 31st – Pratteln, Switzerland – Z7 June 2nd – Tilburg, Netherlands – 013 June 3rd – London, England – Shepherds Bush Empire June 4th – Paris, France – Trianon June 5th – Esch Sur Alzette, Luxembourg – Rockhal June 7th – Cologne, Germany – Live Music Hall June 9th – Brno, Czech Republic – Sono June 10th – Krakow, Poland – Studio Club June 11th – Warsaw, Poland – Progresja June 13th – Hamburg, Germany – Markthalle June 15th – Copenhagen, Denmark – Amager Bio June 16th – Gothenburg, Sweden – Pustervik June 17th – Oslo, Norway – Cosmopolite June 18th – Stockholm, Sweden – Lilla Cirkus*** With NMB’s previous two releases being concept albums, it’s perhaps remarkable that Innocence & Danger is a series of unrelated songs, but drummer Mike Portnoy says “After two sprawling back to back double concept albums in a row, it was refreshing to get back to writing a collection of unrelated individual songs in the vein of our first album.” Indeed, making this album came easy to the band; while the initial inspiration came particularly from Bill Hubauer (keyboards) and Randy George (bass), the ideas flowed from everybody from there on, as George recalls: “I am excited about the level of collaboration that we achieved on this one. We even went in with a lot of ideas that weren’t necessarily developed, and I think in the end we have something that represents the best of everybody in the band.” In fact – like its two acclaimed predecessors – Innocence & Danger is a double album by inspiration, rather than design, as Portnoy explains: “As much as we wanted to try and keep it to a single album after having just done two double albums, we wrote so much material that we found ourselves with our third double album in a row! That’s pretty prog!” There is also plenty in Innocence & Danger to excite those prog fans who have a thirst for epics, as Neal Morse explains: “There’s one half hour epic and another that’s about 20 minutes long. I really didn’t realize that they were that long when we were recording them, which I guess is great because if a movie is really good, you don’t realize that it’s three hours long! But there are also some shorter songs: some have poppier elements, some are heavier and some have three part acoustic sections. I’m excited about all of it, really.” NMB (Neal Morse Band) is Neal Morse (vocals, keyboards and guitars) Mike Portnoy (drums, vocals) Randy George (bass) Eric Gillette (guitars, vocals) Bill Hubauer (keyboards, vocals)NMB ONLINE:www.facebook.com/The-Neal-Morse-Band www.instagram.com/thenealmorsebandofficial www.twitter.com/nealmorseband1 INSIDEOUT MUSIC online:www.insideoutmusic.com www.youtube.com/InsideOutMusicTV www.facebook.com/InsideOutMusic www.twitter.com/InsideOutUSA InsideOutMusic.Store Spotify: Prog Metal Playlist Spotify: Prog Rock Playlist |
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