This guy (Chris Bruin) doesn't get a lot of buzz around this site, but to my ears, he is proving himself to be one of the most interesting performers in modern prog. Whereas I am finding bands like The Flower Kings and others to be very redundant from album to album, Chris really changes things up and keeps it interesting. He is a great multi instrumentalist and the song writing and arrangements are always top of the line. His album from 2011, City of Light was very modern and electronic .......
In December 2012, he recorded a Holiday CD in record time. Really more of a winter themed album than anything else, it is truly an album that can be listened to at any time of the year......
His newly released album, 'Days of Summer Gone' is quite a bit different than these previous two releases. An album recorded on all acoustic instruments, it's style is slightly reminiscent of some of Steven Wilson's recent solo work.....
This new album is currently available to be listened to on Progstreaming and is well worth a listen and purchase in my opinion. Chris is also the drummer in the band Sky Architect, but that band has not quite clicked with me. I find Chris's solo work to be much more entertaining. When posting the videos above from YouTube, I noticed that the viewings are pretty limited. The guy is definitely a talent to be reckoned with and deserves a lot more notice IMO. Enjoy and I encourage anyone who likes these tracks to check out the albums they came from as there are some stellar tracks that aren't available on YouTube.
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