| SHADOWLAND
The brand new CD from SOL.
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Their latest
project presents a post 9/11, post apocalyptic view of life in America. As
the music begin in chaos and segues into the paranoid "Somebody's
watching you" you know instantly you are in for a ride. The Spies
touch America's raw and exposed nerves with songs about everything from
governmental excess to personal excess, unrequited love and yesterdays
romance. They do this with a tongue in cheek earnestness that is rarely
heard in this millennium's music. I really think that projects like this
name themselves.
This one is
"Shadowland"
Released
2003
Cricket Hollow Publishing
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| POLAR
PLOT
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Within
the first minute of the opening track, the creatively titled
"Perfect Monster Movie", the listener is sincerely put in
the pilot seat, operated by a powerhouse rock ensemble. The quintet
Spies of Life cruise into melodic bliss with the recent release of
Polar Plot, a mixture of monster jams, lighthearted jazz leaps, and
sweet pop rock cadences. What's most remarkable about the record is
the groups superior sense of instrumental prowess and witty lyrical
phrasings.
:Perfect Monster Movie" livens up the soul,
getting the record off to a electric start, "Unfinished
Song" sparks up a much lighter soul-jazz approach. A tune
which can be interpreted as an unfinished song about a
departed love. The words in "Dead Man" best reflect
a depiction of the infamous fab four "Nowhere Man"
concept: "the passing years have slowed his lightning hand/
even still, he's faster than most/ there will be a young one soon to
take his place." Spies of Life is presented here so naturally
as a veteran band, and their influx of musical knowledge and their
love for blues, soul and jazz shines out from beginning to end. One
has to agree that a band of this makeup, so cohesive and tight as a
unit, deserve much praise of releasing a record of astounding flair.
Released 2000
Cricket Hollow Publishing
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