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Deezer listen:
when this cropped up as a new entry on the UK album charts this morning the title drew me in...
it just sounded like (Small Faces' "up the wooden hills of bedfordshire") and (Traffic "john barleycorn must die"), maybe even "on the threshold of a dream" title vibe also so i was intrigued...
anyway, Bethel Woods, is the place where the original Woodstock was held so you probably get the idea...
i can hear Moody Blues more melodic quieter moments all over this album...
theres hints of folk, folk rock, psychedelia, jazz throughout this one...
it is a well thought out album with lots of unusual instrumentation (for modern artists) but regular place for artists like Moody Blues, Traffic and prog leaning bands of that era.
the songs are certainly not singular dimensional that so much of the modern era of music it but instead it is multi faceted and thus, there are so many things to hear if you focus on the various aspects of the songs.
the band themselves were jazz students at the University of Texas College of Music, their influences are Herbie Hancock and Jethro Tull, and without being too pretentious and absorbed with grandiose self importance in their musical skills they have created an album that within itself pays respect and homage to music of a previous era whilst bringing their own style to the fore without sounding forced, carbon-copied or without purpose.
a pretty bloody good album that is now on the to purchase list
the short intro opening track: "commune" Midlake - "Commune" (Official Audio) - YouTube
one of the standout tracks for me: Midlake - "Feast of Carrion" (Official Audio) - YouTube
the single (and my favourite track
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
