Not sure wether this was you being sarcastic / cynical but I for one am glad they are consciously trying to add pop influences because "straight forward comfort Prog" we don't need more of. They have Brislin on board who I think is a great songwriter and hopefully they took advantage of that.
Can't wait for this!
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All I can say about the name The Sea Within is that it's better than the name Stream of Passion. But not by much.
I like a lot Tom Brislin performance with YES live but say from there to consider it as a Yes member...hmm
Wow this sounds awesome!
individually not collectively
If you've heard Tom Brislin's solo album then you understand what a progressive pop talent he is, too. Excellent songwriting, outstanding vocals, and of course. great keys - - -
I for one would love to see him provide a fair amount of the vocals for this project. I'd consider him to be the best vocalist in the bunch! At any rate, I'll seriously be anticipating the finished product!
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I don't really get what's wrong with the band name. Most band names would seem silly if the bands hadn't established themselves and made the name something people remember with reverence or whatever.
As much as I like Roine's vocals, Daniel is a far better singer (Brislin as well), so I'm actually looking forward to Roine being "just the guitar player". That's his true strong point anyway, IMO.
The rhythm section will be great, as they've already played together on record...Tangent album, Le Sacre du Travail.....though I don't think they were ever in the studio together for that album, so that should make it even better.
I also hope that there is real collaboration and I would actually be a bit disappointed if it ends up being "prog by numbers".
Regardless, I'll be getting the album.
I think DG is extremely talented but tends to lose focus when he's fully in charge which is the case in Pain of Salvation. I think he's much better when he's at least partially reined in by other strong musical personalities which was the case in The Flower Kings or the live lineup of Transatlantic. It will be intetesting to see how he interacts with the other members in this band.
Yeah, I agree, Gildenlow is so goddamned talented on his own, it'll be interesting to see where they all fit together. Though they've managed to put an album tighter, I'm assuming they did ok?! I'm not a fan of them nor do I know that dude from Yes, but if he writes like the rest of the band, this should be an interesting melting pot of uber-crazy talent! It's an auto buy over here!
Jonas Reingold is supposed to be playing bass with Steve Hackett in February in Collingswood NJ.
I figured Roine got him that job as he had also played base with Hackett a few years back.
I saw Jonas with the TanaKanic at the Progstock Festival and he is an excellent bassist!
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