![]() ![]() The use of effects enhance the flow of the song and add some wave-like motions to the track’s feel. “ Metamorph” strolls in like a film noir soundtrack then we are graced with the tenor vocal that tells us the story held within the song’s surroundings. The distant “am radio” vocals briefly come in and rush out giving it a spice and flare to the track before another cutting edge guitar solo as the song pulls it back slightly before it begins its descent to earth again and fades out to a stirring synth trail. The guitar solo reaches back and throws itself in to the nether reaches of space here as it bends and twines its way through the atmosphere soaring like a blade in the winds. The mix of electric and acoustic guitars with an offbeat drum track and vocal harmonies all blending together give the bass a solid street to walk down and the synths grace the track like silky waves and blankets it to the touch. The tempo/timbre changes are mild but the presence of the Prog is definitely alive and kicking here. ![]() Despite the hired guns here it doesn’t sound like any of the bands that the other band members have played in which was another surprise to hear. Makes you think back to when you first put on 1975’s Wish You Were Here Lp and said why is it so slow? But it’s all about the music here and this track delivers the grandiose scale of big sounds brilliantly. Not what one often expects with an opening track but it’s slow beginnings and rise in to the clouds is a pleasant surprise in the age of Neo-Progressive albums. “ Stolen Wings” our opening track begins with a subtle and exploitative sounds that reach towards the very depths of space itself before we hear the twang of an electric guitar being strummed and then the rest of the band chiming in to signal we are on earth. A powerful combination of musicianship here and with an equally unique album cover of the universal fish-eye lens(Go Rush fans!) gives off a spacial feeling of an album that should stretch your mind as the music plays. Of course there are a growing number of places within the country’s borders that are pushing out loads of new music and stretching the limits of the Prog genre and from Greenville, South Carolina comes Dale Simmons and his project, Exovex with his own brand of Prog aided with a display of brilliant talents by Gavin Harrison and Richard Barbieri ( Porcupine Tree), Josh Freese ( NIN, Devo) and Keith Carlock ( Sting, Steely Dan). The United States as big as it is generally exports a lot of its music from the four corners Seattle, New York, California and Florida. ![]()
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