Im in
I'm in as well, but I really wish this would be a Caravan album. Or at least I hope Geoff R. plays on it!
Given that Pye is the sole composer in Caravan since the 80ies (or earlier ?) it won't make any difference anyway. But I would temper my enthusiasm, this will be very likely similar to Caravan's latest record (Paradise Filter): a collection of short simple straightforward insipid pop songs. Don't expect any extended instrumental passages or a return to the original prog/canterbury style.Originally Posted by arturs
But (hopefully), maybe I'll be wrong...
The main composer, but not the only one-- He didn't write any album single handedly, and the title track of Paradise Filter is Schelhaas/Richardson. That is certainly a songwriting based album, but the songs aren't especially short, and I sure wouldn't call them insipid-- To name one, I find "Farewell My Old Friend," about Coughlan, highly moving.
The thing is if you grew up with a band then, i think in general, you tend to support whatever the output. Because, lets face it, you have grown older with them.
However if you picked up on a band late on in their careers, and have to delve back through their back catalouge (I just got into so and so, where do I start) then you might find the differences in styles starkly different from when the artist started out to where they are now.
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