Poor Genetic Material "A Day in June"

Country: Germany
Sub Genre: Symphonic
Label: QuiXote Music
Release date: May 31, 2013
Tracklist: 
1. Martello Morning
2. Wisdom And Menace
3. Bloom
4. Wandering Rocks
5. Nausicaa
6. Oxen Of The Sun
7. Ithaca
8. Yes

Line-up: 
Phil Griffiths (Alias Eye) - vocals (1,2,4,6,7)
Stefan Glomb - guitars
Philipp Jaehne - keyboards
Pia Darmstaedter - flute
Dennis Sturm - bass
Dominik Steinbacher - drums
     With
Martin Griffiths (Beggars Opera): vocals (3,4,5,6,7)

Review/Description:

After their successful adaptation of WilliamShakespeare’s The Tempest on their lastalbum Island Noises, Poor Genetic Material spent two years to developanother literature-inspired project whichalso gave them the opportunity to realize aplan they had been brewing for quite awhile: that of bringing together PhilGriffiths and his dad, Martin (of Beggars Opera fame), as lead singers on onealbum. On A Day in June, Martin shares the vocals with Phil on three songs, and each ofthem has two lead tracks. James Joyce’snovel Ulysses, on which the new album isbased, provides an ideal frame of referencefor this collabo-ration in that it both tells offather-son-relationships and opens up awide array of themes and motifs to playaround with. Apart from the resultinglyrics, which are refreshingly different fromthe run-of-the-mill fare of much of today’srock music, the album features what overthe years has matured into the band’sdistinctive musical style. Excellent playingcombined with inventive songwriting wentinto creating tracks that range from thedelicately melodious to the more noisilyprogressive, from accessible tunes toquirkily complex arrangements. But whatmakes the album truly unique is indeed thesinging: Martin is back with a voice that isas powerful and captivating as ever andPhil leaves us amazed at what he can pullout of his bag of musical tricks. The waythe two voices at times resemble eachother and then cover entirely differentpoints of the vocal spectrum makes for arare treat. All in all, A Day in June shows Poor Genetic Material at the heightof their creative powers

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Oxen Of The Sun
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