The Red Masque "Mythalogue"

Country: USA
Sub Genre: Psychedelic, Avant Prog
Label: Beta-lactam Ring Records
Release date: May 1, 2013
Tracklist: 
1 The Blessing
2 The Wendigo
3 Sirens and Snakes
4 The Dark Salt Sea
5 The Curse
6 The Minotaur
7 The Labyrinth
8 The Song for Icarus
9 The Ruins of the Palace of Minos
10 Polyphemus (Live - bonus)
11 The Hallowed (Bonus)

Line-up: 
Brandon Lord Ross: bass, keys
Lynnette Shelley: vocals, lyrics
Nick Giannetti: guitars
Steve Craig: drums / percussion

Description/Reviews:

With the first studio outing in five years from Philly's native avant prog wunderkind, The Red Masque let loose a clarion call of avant prog gravitas to all comers here. Scions to a subterranean continuum of stormy entanglements, the tendrils that entwine on these tenebrous tunes snake out from some very auspicious pods. On Mythalogue, they take a page from Red-era King Crimson and another from those that rode the more riff-centric faultlines of the 90's avant prog revival (Present, Happy Family, Thinking Plague, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum) and fire the shredded results out of confetti cannons. Riffs crunch out fevered labyrinths, time signatures create airborne origami and vocalist Lynnette Shelley's supple, full-throated attack seals it with a kiss. This crew have been hoisted on the shoulders of some of Rock In Oppostion's most formidable figures, from their previous studio affair gaining release on Chris Cutler's ReR USA imprint to Mythalogue being mixed by 5uu's/Science Group member and avant prog magi Bob Drake. Little wonder, as the interzone of turbulent energies and high wire conniptions on hand here make plain The Red Masque's heir apparent status to this trajectory.

Media/Samples 
The Minotaur
Entire album online

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