A chorus of thunder storms rumbling out enormous feeling, feeling that will grip your mood softly and firmly. There is something with these sounds and anarchism. There is more said here than most music groups with vocalists, in fact, the lack of vocals may attribute to this records power. I think of times, I've gotten lost, far from home on my bicycle challanging the raining and storming heavens as loud as I could, standing still, defiant and soaked. This is not happy music, this is not dancable music and of course this not karaoke (for obvious reasons). The closest one can come (and I risk sounding to seriously dorkish here but anyhow) to singing along, is to feel your own hearbeat. This music challanges you not just off the well beaten path, but off all of them together. A swayfting (I don't care if that's not a word it makes sense) of smiles and forgotten dreams pour into you with this music. This album could not be better named but perhaps a suitable subtitle would be something like 'Thunderstoms & Forgotten Dreams'. I seems today that there are several instrumental bands like this in the same genre, and some just almost as good, but few if any will bring me this close to tears, dry them before they begin and show me that I can indeed fulfill my dreams. This is one of those records you want everyone to hear. Indeed gather them up and put this record in, you and your friends will talk but only for a bit as the ears start to tune into this dream cather of sorts. Watch the conversation dwindle, the eyes slowly close and the seceret smiles come out. You won't know what they're thinking of while this is happening, but you will know they are somewhere else, planning, plotting, dreaming. Again warning this music is not driving in my car, singing in the shower music, nor is dance club material, this is not 'get pumped' maush pit or work out music. This is conteplating the hopeful, scary and unforgiving future music. For the Dreamers, the Lovers and the Adventurers'; best of luck Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici >> "By the power of truth, I, while living, have conqured the universe"Read full review
I was feeling a little unfulfilled as the first GSYBE record I got into was 'yanqui u.x.o', which is amazing. This record certainly has great parts but lacks what the later has. I DO recognize this record came out before 'yanqui' which extends a cushion for the natural progression of musicianship to fall upon. Maybe if I had been a GSYBE fan from the get-go I probably wouldn't have the feeling I do about this release...I will give it more time and I'm certain I will find more things that are great than that that are not.
I really liked this album. It is beyond great, a piece of musical genius to say the least. 'Amazing' does not do this album justice.
the soundtrack to dreamscapes. recomended for any collection or any musical taste. If I had to choose one album to listen to for the rest of my life, I would happily give eternity to this piece of art.
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