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If you were to add "everything" as a prefix to the band name, that about sums up all that's happening within the apex of this music… a wider spectrum that's not been heard in well over twenty years when artists as sophisticatedly talented as Yes and Kansas laid forth an impact that would change the face of music forever. In fact Under the Sun is something of a musical chameleon with more pigmentation shifts than any professional quartet housed in a modern day production studio has a right to expect. As technically advanced as the term Progressive music is generally met with, in and of itself, it doesn't tell the whole story here. In fact "Under the Sun" is composed of many stories, weaving in and out of fantasy/reality, artfully well-spoken and imaginative overkill that wipes the expression clean leaving a trail of awe in its wake. "This Golden Voyage" starts this celestial journey… a spiritually guided tour into the crowded resources of the mind and continuing outward to the full expanses of the universe. Intellectually stimulating as to be expected, we're not expending all our resources in deep philosophical challenges that seemingly never reach resolve, rather applying personal reflection in riding the parallel plane that supports our humanity. "Gardens of Autumn" takes a uniquely singular approach, somewhat dictatorial but honest in its lyrical efforts-"Don't let others dictate what you'll do… so may options, so many opinions… you've got to live with what you'll do." Instrumentally speaking in volumes, effectively embracing a lyrical outpouring of emotion combined in a beaker of self-discovery… fidelity ascends over adversity yet there cannot exist one without the other. "Under the Sun" is not your typically one-sided smily-faced stamp capping an album lathered in high-octave notation whistling in the wind, pretending nothing's ever wrong. Marrying the heightened features of the likes of Dream Theater and Tangerine Dream, Under the Sun is introspectively challenging without the boring side effects. They will embrace your inner thoughts and reinstate your faith should such a thing as spiritual enlightenment exist amongst the black hole conglomeration that's long since sucked up many of the greatest minds in music… Now and forever, hope springs eternal… Under the Sun.
Review By Vinnie Apicella |