Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Stone Premonitions
Format: CD
Release date: March 2015
Tracklist:
1) Wheat In The Fields
2) Ethereal Soldier Part 1
3) Darkest Night
4) Waiting At Airports
5) Ethereal Soldier Part 2
6) All The Way
7) Ethereal Soldier Part 3
8) This Fragile Peace
9) The Unknown Unknowns
Line-up:
Phil Jackson - vocals, keyboards, rhythm guitar, percussion, FX
John Simms (Census of Hallucinations) - vocals, electric guitars, bass, and drum programming on "Waiting In Airports"
Maxine Marten (Census of Hallucinations) - vocals
Paddi (Census of Hallucinations) - drums, percussion
Tim Jones (Census of Hallucinations) - bass
Description/Reviews:
This is an album of atmospheric prog rock with experimental aspects. The music blends heavy and ethereal elements, juxtaposing crunching metal riffage with Maxine's soaring vocals in tracks like Wheat in the Fields, and quite often the music will shift moods and themes in the manner of a dream. In Ethereal Soldier part 1, delicate, intricate, folk-tinged guitar is combined with Maxine's atmospheric vocals, while Ethereal Soldier part 3 incorporates a relaxing electronic hum and atmospheric effects. All the Way is heavy proggy blues-rock, featuring jazzy electric piano and spacey ethereal moments. There's a very lovely segment in this track in which Maxine's heavily reverbed 'choir of angels' vocal style appears alongside neoclassical piano and experimental sound manipulation. This Fragile Peace introduces elements of raw country rock and narrated vocals alongside aspects of prog, blues and experimental music. The Unknown Unknowns is a great melodic and powerful proggy spacerock piece. I'm new to Paradox One so am unsure how this album compares with previous offerings, but it's clear that the members of Clear Blue Sky and Census of Hallucinations have left their stamp on the music here, which makes this album well worth checking out if you enjoy the music of those bands. (Kim Harten)
Media/Samples
Progstreaming
Wheat In The Fields
This Fragile Peace
Links:
Web page
Proggnosis
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