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Coincidence

Archives 1973-1974

Review by Gary Hill
One of several albums from this group I’m reviewing in this issue of Music Street Journal, I really like the music on this a lot. It has plenty of prog, but it’s largely tempered with psychedelia. The main issue is the recording quality, which is a little rough around the edges. Then again, that’s almost a charm to this, lending it a real proto-prog vibe.

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Track by Track Review
Glimpse (Part 1)

At just over half an hour long, this is the epic of the set. It comes in rather tentative, working out to a sort of proto-prog meets psychedelia arrangement to serve as the backdrop for the vocals. The electric guitar solo that takes over beyond that point has a cool psychedelic rock element. The song continues to grow and evolve with a more sparse, space rock meets psychedelia texture taking command for a time. There are plenty of peaks and valleys as this continues. Around the six-minute mark percussion takes over. As it builds back out from there it wanders toward freeform jazz. It continues to evolve and explore with psychedelia, prog and fusion all showing up along this massive instrumental movement. The vocals return for a time around the halfway mark. The cut continues to shift and grow beyond that point. As it gets back into a purely instrumental jam they work through all kinds of twists and turns. A fast paced section makes me think of Nektar to some degree. There is some really powerhouse jamming at play here at times. We get another psychedelic vocal based section later along the ride. The closing movement remains on the mellower side of the equation.

Glimpse (Part 2)

A stabbing sort of frantic jam gets this one going. At over 12-and-a-half minutes of music, this is the second longest thing here. It leans toward King Crimson as it builds. Then it drops down to a mellower, psychedelic sound beyond that extended introduction. The track reminds me a little of Traffic as it gradually builds up and vocals come over the top. We get some bouncy, almost funky stuff after the vocals drop away. We’re taken through a number of twists and turns as this track continues. There is some smoking hot jamming that definitely takes it into progressive rock zones. While it’s mostly instrumental, there are sections that include vocals, too. They keep shifting and changing, and there are some decidedly jazz prog like movements along with more pure progressive rock oriented stuff.

Astronaut / Juggernaut

At just over two minutes long, this is the shortest track here. It’s fast paced prog meets jazz jamming. They manage to pack quite a bit into such a short instrumental, and it gets very intense.

Suite

This one is just over four-and-a-half minutes long. It comes in mellow and pretty trippy. As the vocals come across the track has a real psychedelic vibe to it. The jamming on this really does have plenty of psychedelia in it, from the sitar to the percussion.

 
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