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Friday, October 30, 2020

Rainbow Face "Stars' Blood"


Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: October 30, 2020
Tracklist
1. Pirates (6:11)
2. Purgatory (2:38)
3. Lord Give Me Strength (4:33)
4. Waves (12:00)
5. That Old Gang Of Mine (7:01)
6. The Fighter Pilot (5:20)
7. Back In The Bottle (5:07)
8. Massaged By Bullets (4:35)

Total Time 47:25

Line-up
Jake Rose: guitar, vocals; vibraphone and concert bass drum (5)
Dominique Reveneau: bass; tambourine (5)
Salvador Altamirano-Farrell: keyboards and synths, sound design; drums (6); marvin (4)
   With
Joey Burnah: drums (1, 2, 6)
Matthew Andrews: drums (3 , 7)
Jeff Cole: drums (4)
Daniel Vega: alto saxophone (7)
Tricia Bogdan: viola (8)
Jing Kappes: violin (8)
Melissa Terrall: piano (8)

Description/Reviews
Rainbow Face proudly carry the banner of progressive rock while treading the waters of experimental rock and post-punk. As their name suggests, Rainbow Face constantly bombard you with musical colors as a galaxy of timbres, sounds, and styles swirl throughout each of the eight tracks on their debut album, Stars' Blood.
The centerpiece track, Waves, is a 12 minute, multi-movement suite that moves effortlessly between psychedelic ballad, dark and heavy Red era King Crimson riffage, to something out of an Elfman score. Elsewhere, on Purgatory and The Fighter Pilot, the band is more aggressive, showing the influence of angular math rock and post-punk. Pirates, the 6 minute album opener, with lush Mellotron and jangly guitar, harkens back to early Pink Floyd. Throughout the album's near fifty minute run time, Rainbow Face slip effortlessly through meters, modes, and genres while retaining a consistent tone as the lyrics hit on themes of isolation, paranoia, fear of technology, and mental illness.

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