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NewEARS Album Of The Month

Echolyn - Time Silent Radio vii & II

""Time Silent Radio vii" and "Time Silent Radio II" - showcase this long-running quartet's knack for crafting complicated music that's loaded with a tacklebox of melodic hooks. Thirty years after Echolyn's major-label debut (the landmark 1995 neoprog classic "As the World"), the band has produced the best albums of its 36-year career. Both records have been in the works for nearly a decade, but the wait was worth it." NT-TPR

"These two albums may be the best albums of the year, in the progressive genre. They are that good...and that complete. The hardest question may be which album is better? The two, "longs", as I call them, on Time Silent Radio II; or the somewhat shorter tracks on Time Silent Radio vii. For Echolyn, that is an enviable position to be in.

Every track [] is worth your listening time. Once you get into these magnificent works, you will surely want to hear them to conclusion. These two albums must be experienced, as all soon to be classics deserve. These two vocalists are two of the best in modern prog. The way they harmonize and bounce ideas, sounds and lyrics off each other is amazing. If only more bands had their ability and gracefulness. The genre of progressive rock would grow at twice the speed, if only we could find more bands like Echolyn." PM-PRC

"Echolyn's new album pair, Time Silent Radio vii & II, is a magnificent work of art. In particular, the two epics that fill TSR II, "Time Has No Place" and "Water in Our Hands," are mind-bendingly good. The new songs feel less aggressive than 2002's Mei or 2005's The End Is Beautiful, leaning instead toward the broader sonic range of 2012's eponymous double and 2015's I Heard You Listening -- while, in this listener's opinion, also tapping into the grand ambition and versatility that informed such earlier works as 1995's classic As the World. Yet mere comparison to past work is unfair, because what's on offer here is not derivative but rather fresh and inspired. And the overall sound itself is gorgeous. Even after more than 30 intermittent years together, the wizards of Echolyn are creating some of their most passionate, intricate, and enjoyable music right now with this melodic masterpiece." JK-PA



Essential Track: ""Water In Our Hands" is the more expansive of the two epics on the album II, but it contains not a moment of filler. It is a masterwork that showcases everything Echolyn does so well - from the band's compositional and lyrical prowess to the players' virtuosic chops to the collective's knack for fitting oppositional musical styles together like polished tongue-in-groove woodwork. The piece is built around a piano progression Buzby came up with, showcasing his classical training and jazzman instincts, with the other players adding to the color and textural palette. Lyrically, the piece is a very personal meditation on the passage of time and advancing age, with individual vignettes reflecting the musicians' own challenges and experiences." NT-TPR
 


Read the full reviews on The Prog Report, and Progressive Rock Central.

Listen and watch the videos on the band's YouTube Channel.

Buy the Albums directly from the band at echolyn.com or wherever great Prog music is sold.
 
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