CD 1
1. Premonitions (Part 1)
2. Chameleons
3. Code Of Silence
4. We Are Not Alone
5. Crime Of The Century
6. Turquoise Blue
7. World Of Shadow
8. Tremors
9. Vapor
10. Through The Fire
11. Wheel Of Life
CD 2
1. Gnome Matter (Chapter 25)
2. Rain
3. Desert Song
4. Trisevenine
5. Smoke And Mirrors
6. Touch And Go
7. Children Of The Universe
8. Premonitions (Part 2)
Total time: 1:48:03
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Premonitions
D'arcana
Lemuria
The Nevada City, Calif.-based progsters continue to outdo themselves on their third release, going all out with a double CD containing their biggest epic: the two-part, 42-minute title track that bookends yet another outstanding collection of some of the freshest, most melodic prog rock being crafted today.
The trio lives up to its name, which means “of magic.” How one group can possess such strong songwriting, singing, arranging and musicianship is a mystery indeed. Maybe it’s the foothill-town vibes that attract creative types; or maybe it’s lead singer and chief songwriter Jay Tausig’s rural home studio, The Pyramid (which also lives up to its name, literally).
Tausig also plays guitars, synthesizers and drums. James Camblin wields his axes impressively, turning out one mellifluous guitar solo after another. And Shelby Snow plays bass with a rare élan, never content to stay in the shadows.
New plateaus are reached with songs such as the appropriately named, fast-slow, six-string/12-string, electro-acoustic “Chameleon”; Camblin’s Anthony Phillips meets Roger Waters meets Chris Squire group-vocal “Crime of the Century”; the contrapuntal guitarfest that is “Through the Fire”; the dreamy, drifting-down-the-peaceful-river, forget-about-the-cruel-world “Rain”; the mirage-like “Desert Song”; and the faux-calliope-driven surreal merry-go-round called “Smoke and Mirrors.”
Kudos to Camblin for upping the pedal-steel quotient, throwing fans of the instrument not one but two bones this time: “Wheel of Life” and “Touch and Go.” Another nice touch was getting Michael Snow of the Metropolitan Hot Club to contribute violin to a couple of tracks.
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