The Reanimation album Giants Hide Among Us features the works of Michael Shanahan. This CD was created over the course of three years (November of 2008 to August 2011) at Shady Way Studio, in Winfield, Illinois

This record falls in to the experimental, psychedelic, progressive, rock genre. The use of such instruments as e-bow, tin whistle and violins makes this album somewhat unique compared to the music we generally hear today. Most of the songs bring you back to the 1970s and could be compared (instrumentally) to the workings of songs by Pink Floyd and Rush.  This LP has eight tracks which will put you in a trance and take you on a relaxing ride. You can’t help but sway to the psychedelic instrumentals and be taken back in time.

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The opening number starts out as progressive rock but picks up around the four-minute mark and turns in to more of a pop feel.

The longest song on the album (13:03) and the one that seems to be more about showing off the vocals, this is well written. However the harmony was very basic and didn’t seem to flow very well. Some notes were a bit off key and possibly outside of Shanahan’s vocal range.