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I’ve never figured out exactly why it’s so, but when it comes to progressive rock of the classic era, I’ve always loved the UK variant, while the North American-based acts have pretty well left me cold. But when it comes to modern prog, whatever they’re doing on this side of the Atlantic seems to connect with me. Spock’s Beard<\/strong><\/a> is the first band that comes to mind, but there are others. The latest is the oddly-named Druckfarben<\/strong>. This Canadian outfit draws upon familiar forebears for their musical foundation, but on Second Sound<\/em> they blend it all together in a way that feels fresh and new.<\/p>\n So while it\u2019s a safe bet you\u2019ll think of Yes<\/strong><\/a>\u2019 Jon Anderson<\/strong> as soon as you hear Phil Naro<\/strong>\u2019s vocals (and the massed vocals behind him), and Peter Murray<\/strong>\u2019s thick bass work occasionally recalls that of Chris Squire<\/strong><\/a>, there\u2019s much more to this five-piece. Though all five are clearly masters of their respective instruments, multi-instrumentalist Ed Bernard<\/strong> is the band\u2019s secret weapon: the credits list him as responsible for \u201cguitars, vocals, violins, violas, mandolins, dobro, banjo, pint glass and incidentals.\u201d The violins in particular recall Kansas<\/strong> at their very best (and don\u2019t<\/em> make me think of Curved Air<\/strong><\/a> or Eddie Jobson<\/strong>). Keyboardist William Hare<\/strong> isn\u2019t afraid to mix the cast-in-amber sonic textures of the Mellotron into the band\u2019s sound, and the result is a sound that balances classic-styled prog (with a strong emphasis on melody and hooks, thank goodness) with a modern approach that steers clear of metal.<\/p>\n On Second Sound<\/em>, Druckfarben dial back an emphasis on fiddly-bits lead guitar in favor of acoustic, but lovers of soaring solos will enjoy the judiciously-placed axework. Troy Feener<\/strong> isn\u2019t a showy drummer, but he anchors the band while providing tone color of his own in an understated way.<\/p>\n The flow of Second Sound<\/em> is seamless; the songs glide seamlessly into one another. And for that reason, like most progressive rock, the album is best listened to start through finish. If you dig progressive rock, this album is worth your time.<\/p>\n Follow \u201cthe_musoscribe\u201d on <\/a> I’ve never figured out exactly why it’s so, but when it comes to progressive rock of the classic era, I’ve always loved the UK variant, while the North American-based acts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,62,65],"tags":[724],"class_list":["post-5732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-release","category-rawk","category-review","tag-druckfarben","cat-49-id","cat-62-id","cat-65-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5732\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/musoscribe.com\/images\/icon_twitter_small.jpg\"){kind=icon}
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