Bill Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Artist: Psyrius Album Sorry Pluto Label: Uxmal Records "Sorry Pluto" but the astronomers have determined that you are too small to be a planet. What that means to us as listeners is that Psyrius has created eight great down tempo tracks dedicated to the balls of rock and gas within our solar system rather than nine of them. It is a pity for this is a special listen and one extra track at the end could not possibly be a bad thing. I love albums where the experience is only half way done and you say to yourself, "Damn, only four tracks left." If you get sucked into this one it does weave one gorgeous spell, where the atmosphere is thick but not overwhelming, the musicality is solid, the melodies are often rich and binding. If "Sorry Pluto" is looked at with too critical of an eye maybe the down points are that some of these tracks take a moment or two to truly get going but patience is rewarded. On the "Mercury" opener, it is not until very late in the track that the matter goes from ordinary to excellent with the addition of a little extra growl from the keyboard work. "Earth" is serene and peaceful, "Jupiter" is like taking a long and steady deep breath and "Neptune" is deep and groovy on ethereal levels above and beyond much in this collection. For the best here, "Mars" takes top prize with a Vangelis level of excellence. Or for a more contemporary comparison, this would be the track to listen to for anyone enthralled by just about anything off of Easily Embarrassed's "Tales Of The Coin Spinner" masterpiece. As of yet, I have not been able to come up with a film that would serve as a great visual accompaniment to this album and it seems that these very vivid sounds would greatly benefit from such a pairing. No big loss, I suppose, just closing your eyes for a bit is all that is needed for this lovely music to conjure up some remarkable imagery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psyrius88 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Thank you for this cool review And I have some good news! I have uploaded my album to bandcamp where you can download it completely free if you wish. But also you have the ability to donate if you think I deserve it Hehe! https://psyrius.bandcamp.com/releases 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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