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All instruments by Adrain
Shaw
except Aaron Shaw : guitar solo on 'Preoccupied',
second solo and harmony guitars on 'Mongrel'
and farfisa organ on 'British Grenadiers' and 'One Last
Drink For The Band'.
Nick Saloman : guitar solo on 'What If?'
Bari Watts : Lead Guitar on 'One Last Drink For The Band'
The tracks are :
1. What If (4:55)
2. The Only One (4:08)
3. I Move On Wheels (5:03)
4. Ascension Day (6:01)
5. Northern Lights (5:06)
6. Peoccupied (5:25)
7. Stalking Horse (8:14)
8. Placebo (3:52)
9. British Grenadiers (3:54)
10. Mongrel (5:11)
11. In The Gutter (6:05)
12. One Last Drink For The Band (8:14)
The opening track 'What If' has a lot of heavily distorted
guitars, this track reminds me quite a bit of Alice In Chains, but
is mainly due to the vocal delivery. Ther's also an excellent guitar
solo on this track.
The next track is 'The Only One', this is more os a mellow
spacerock/psychedelic affair. Very simple drums ans percussion with
some nice keyboard work over the top.
The third track 'I Move On Wheels' is a much heavier track
with heavily distorted guitars, the middke section features narration
that sounds computer generated a bit similar sounding to that of Stephen
Hawking, then it's back to the heavy guitar sound.
The next track is 'Ascension Day', this is a nice mellow track
with an outstanding guitar solo.
'Northern Lights', synth driven spacerock track, similar to
what Hawkwind were doing in the 70's. here's also some nice synth
effects which add to the song.
The sixth track is 'Preoccupied', this is another track that
reminds me a little of Alice In Chains, there are some nice changes
in direction though especially when Aaron comes in for his guitar
solo.
The next track is 'Stalking Horse', this is mainly an acoustic
track, with a fairly slow tempo. There are some nice keyboards too
and for me this is very reminiscent of what David Bowie was doing
during his Space Oddity period, this song has that kind of feel to
it. Later on in the track there are some nice keybaords and acoustic
guitar work.
'Placebo', this track has a strong drum rhythm and a strange
keyboard arrangement, it's still quite a catchy tune though and there's
some nice atmospheric/spacey keyboards in the middle.
The ninth track is 'British Grenadiers', boy, Adrian sure shows
a lot of different styles on this album, now this track shows quite
a Doors influence, Adrian is obviously a very versatile musician and
this shines throughout the album.
The next track 'Mongrel' starts with some atmospheric keyboards
and nice percussion, the vocals have an echoey effect on them and
this give the song and eerie feeling, shortly after there's a change
in direction and the guitars have a slightly heavier sound to them
and during the chorus the vocals are more mellow. This track also
finishes with a superb guitar solo.
'In The Gutter', this is a fairly mellow track with some soaring
guitar, but at the same time is quite melodic, the vocals are soft
throughout and there's also a nice chorus with vocal harmonies.
The final track is 'One Last Drink For The Band', starts with
some nice blues guitar, the vocal delivery if fairly mellow and this
is another quite catchy tune and chorus. This is quite a long track
at just over 8 mins, so there are quite a few changes in direction,
mood and tempo along the way. There's also an excellent guitar solo
too.
Displaced Person is an album with progressive/psychedelic rock elements,
full of mellow sounds with a slight Pink Floyd 'Wish You Were Here'
kind of sound scattered throughout. The album is very easy listening
with lots of interesting uses of effects and sounds, and giving quite
a lot of texture to the overall feel, at times the vocals seem almost
superfluous as the music is well structured.
Recommended!!!
Released by Woronzow Records
Woronzow Records
75, Melville Road,
Walthamstow
London
E17 6QT
Website : www.woronzow.co.uk
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