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Where the tracks leading up to this are in the six to eight and a half minute range, this is a full epic piece, clocking in at a massive twenty two plus (almost twenty three) minutes. The ethereal element that starts this off reminds me of old school Genesis. Vocals come in over the top of this atmospheric texture. At around the one minute mark they shift this out to a tentative jam that’s a bit like Jethro Tull. From there it turns to something rather funky that combines Zappa with ELP and the next vocals come in over a stripped down arrangement in this style. It shifts to something rather funky from there – and the Zappa sounds are still present, but in an unusual way. They carry on by alternating these two elements – in a more potent iteration each time. Other instruments are added over the top as they carry forward. After bring it up to something really powerful, they drop it to a great jazz groove around the three and a half minute mark and the guitar takes a tasty solo in a style that’s befitting the accompanying music. The next vocals come in over this full jazz styled section. Then around the four and a half minute mark they give us a more full prog treatment complete with Genesis-like keyboard soloing. Then another change gives us a more stripped down approach for the next vocals. A bit of a false ending is given a one line spoken vocal and then they take us out into some almost funky prog that reminds me just a bit of Pink Floyd. They strip it down for the next vocals. Eventually we’re taken out to a more full prog arrangement from there. But once again it drops way down for the vocals. When they come back out into a more developed prog rock jam it’s one of the most powerful ones on the disc and then they drop it down to something that reminds me quite a bit of Close to the Edge era Yes. From there we get a jazz type treatment. We’re not done with the alterations, though, as they take us to a mellow, rather bluesy, guitar treatment that calls to mind old school Pink Floyd quite a bit. They gradually build up from there, reminding me a bit of the Meddle album. We are pulled through a number of changes and iterations on this sound as it’s built way up. It stops around the sixteen and a half minute mark and we’re deposited back at the beginning of the piece. Around the seventeen and a half minute they take it into a bouncy sort of prog jam that reminds me a little of Nektar. This is organically built up and we get some more tasty guitar soloing along this ride. Around the twenty one minute mark this becomes extremely powerful. As they bring it back down from there I’m again reminded of Genesis. This section eventually takes it out. |