Spock's Beard - Octane
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Artist: Spock's BeardEdition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced
CD Release Date: 2005-02-01
Music Label: Inside Out U.S.
Soundtracks:
- The Ballet Of The Impact
- I Wouldn't Let It Go
- Surfing Down The Avalanche
- She Is Everything
- Climbing Up That Hill
- Letting Go
- Of The Beauty Of It All
- NWC
- There Was A Time
- The Planet's Hum
- Watching The Tide
- As Long As We Ride
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Free Music Review: Better than Euphoria (3 1/2 stars vs. 2 stars)
Hit: 4 Stars
I love the old Beard and thought Feel Euphoria was a big let down. Octane restores some hope, until you look at the sales rating. I think they may have lost a lot of fans with the departure of Neal. Octane has some of the similar background sounds as does Euphoria but the band stretches their sound nicely; it sounds less ecclectic and more flowing. Good to see a lot of material from Dave the bass player and less material from NDV. Good overall sound. I hope they continue to refine their Neal-less sound without overindulging NDV's hard rock wanabe-ness from their last time out.
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Octane is the 8th release from Spock's Beard, the undisputed heavyweight champions of the new progressive rock movement; it also marks the second release by Spock's Beard on Inside Out Music America as well as their second release after the departure of former lead-vocalist and founding member, Neal Morse.Octane (as with Feel Euphoria) continues to show an evolution and marked growth in the Spock's Beard sound. Still present are the trademark melodies, lush vocal harmonies and instrumental ferocity that elevated Spock's Beard to the top rung of the progressive rock ladder. However, Octane sports a more aggressive and heavier sound. There is a new power and immediacy to their music which should help the band to further blur the lines which separate musical genres and cross Spock's Beard over to new fans while also satisfying the expectations of their longtime followers.
The second album of the post-Neal Morse era finds Spock's Beard settling into its more focused (if less openly adventurous) framework with increasing confidence. While there's no denying the irony that these champions of modern progressive rock sometimes find themselves locked into a retro-prog groove here, it's offset by an ever-ambitious sense of scale. "Flash Before My Eyes," the seven-part suite that dominates the album, reviews the life of its protagonist just as he's about to be struck down by a runaway truck. Anchored by a melodic motif reminiscent of Howard Shore's stately themes for Lord of the Rings and propelled by drummer Nick D'Virgillio's expressive voice, it gracefully soars beyond some awkward lyrical moments into the inviting psych-pop realm of Floyd's Wish You Were Here. Elsewhere, the instrumental "NWC" fuses the aura of early Genesis with bursts of Alan Morse's solo guitar, while "There Was a Time" turns on familiar, harmony-rich metal-ballad conceits. "Watching the Tide" is a cut above, a Queen-centric slice of drama that showcases the D'Virgillio's supple vocal range. Also available in a deluxe edition that includes a bonus disc with outtakes and a "making of" featurette. --Jerry McCulley
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