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Friday 20 October 2023
Gazpacho concert, Poppodium Boerderij, Zoetermeer
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met vertraging binnen. Soms valt het mee en duurt het slechts 2-3
weken, maar het komt helaas ook voor dat we 4 weken of meer moeten
wachten. We doen ons best om alles zo goed en snel mogelijk te
regelen, maar het blijft lastig...
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Productdetails |
| Artiest | Deception Store |
| Titel | Pindaric flights |
| Medium | CD |
| 2e HANDS | Nee |
| Genre | Progressive/Neoprog/Symphonic |
| Omschrijving | New Italian prog band that displays an obvious
influence from later period Pink Floyd. This
sounds like it could have been written by Roger
Waters.
"Voli Pindarici are the driving theme of the first
work of the ‘Deception Store‘, those flights that
make us see life in color even when it is covered
in gray and that elevate us above normal daily
life, changing us, even if only for a moment,
every perspective. Daydreams but with imagination,
the only powerful weapon against the evils of the
world ... The beautiful cover is the work of Gigi
Cavalli Cocchi, multifaceted artist, writer and
musician (Clan Destino, Ligabue, mangala Vallis,
Tazebao, Ambigram). The songs, 12 in all, are sung
in English (with supervision of the lyrics by Mike
Frajria) with the exception of the last one, which
is also repeated in Italian and included as a
bonus track."
"Dreams are important to Marco Pentozzi, the main
man behind Deception Store and their debut
release, Pindaric Flights. The band name itself,
drawn from the final metaphor in One More Time, is
about opportunities that you gain by paying dreams
but receive only disillusion. The album title is
about dreams too, Pindaric flights being flights
of fancy, open eyed dreams that drift from one
thing to another, echoing the writing style of
Pindar, a fanciful ancient Greek lyrical poet.
The band are Italian but the key influences are
British, their style being that very accessible
form of progressive rock pioneered by Pink Floyd.
It‘s built on simple but highly effective grooves
that mix a guitar, that knows well that notes not
played are often as important as those that are
used, with delicate piano and tasteful electronica
and it‘s all performed with effortless elegance.
When the voals show up, they‘re softly delivered
but with a knowingness that beckons us into a
story.
The Floyd influence is obvious from the opener,
Lifetime, which is latter day Floyd, the style
that dominated for them after David Gilmour took
over from Roger Waters as the driving force in the
band. That sound continues through a few more
songs and never quite goes away, suggesting that
they‘re clearly the most important influence to
Pentozzi, who wrote the music and the lyrics that
he sings as lead vocalist, as well as to Stefano
Nicli who contributes the guitars. Even Teo
Ederle‘s bass fits that, especially late on One
More Time.
However, Floyd are not the only influence. Rock
Star (Meteorite) wanders into Hawkwind territory,
especially once it reaches its chorus, there‘s a
moment in New Bad Day that simply screams early
Marillion—it could even be Fish on backing vocals—
and the title track begins with acoustic guitar
very reminiscent of Dust in the Wind, even if the
song grows into something else entirely. There‘s
some singer/songwriter stuff here too, A New World
reminding as much of Leonard Cohen as Pink Floyd
or Marillion and Free adding a laid back Tom Waits
at the piano vibe, sans vocals. Timeline, on the
other hand, has an alternative feel that kicks in
with the opening riff and never quite loses it.
It‘s certainly an album to explore, but the
strongest material seems to me to be found early
on or right in the middle. It starts well with
Lifeline, firmly defines its boundaries, then
expands beyond them to Rock Star (Meteorite), New
Bad Day and Pindaric Flight. The first half is
very strong. But, while it‘s not unusual for a
title track to be the standout, the album‘s
obvious highlight, it doesn‘t help when it‘s a
pinnacle from which the rest of the album
descends. The second half isn‘t bad, but it isn‘t
a patch on the first and it‘s where songs just
drift away from me.
Pindaric Flight doesn‘t do that because it stays
fascinating all the way. It grows impeccably, with
a few different sections expanding it. The first
three minutes build off that acoustic guitar,
flowing vocals alongside it and a gorgeous echoey
guitar in counter. Then it shifts tone to a much
heavier, if not faster, approach that lends the
song some real urgency. But A couple of minutes
later, that all falls away so our attention forces
back to the vocals again, with more gorgeous
distant guitar, before it shifts us into the
groove that we think will take us home but
doesn‘t. It‘s wonderful.
I don‘t want to put down the second half too much,
especially as the closer, E Immagino Se, which is
the only song to be sung in the band‘s native
Italian, is decent, with a solid contribution from
a guest vocalist, Roberta Staccuneddu, who also
elevated I Do It My Way early on. It‘s merely a
6/10 half following a 9/10 track that ends a 8/10
half. The result is still a 7/10 album but I‘m
more likely to skip half of it in the order it‘s
presented than if the sides had been shuffled
somewhat." - Apocalypse Later Music |
| Extra informatie | 3528 0534 5253 2548 |
| Prijs | €14,00 |
| Terug | Bestellen |
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