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The Seed Coat Gentle Mindspeed

The Seed Coat Gentle Mindspeed Reviewed by Shaun C. Rogan On their third full-length outing, The Seed Coat have come from the land of the longships and the rune stones to steal your mind and alter your consciousness. That isnt a threat, its a promise as once again Swedish psych takes centre stage in Active Listeners London HQ. Read My Mind kicks things off in a suitably promising fashion taking aim at rewriting Spirit in the Sky from the perspective of someone trapped in a K-Hole after three or four days of solid chemical abuse with only a bottle of water and a Spacemen 3 record for company. Its stealthy and nauseatingly hypnotic to the point of being a hugely impressive sonic event. Things change up a gear with the second track, "Reflections of Your Mind" - its rippling paisley underground vibes wrapping up your frontal lobes in a beautiful haze of guitar, keyboard and breathy vocals. This is the sort of song that should be blaring from radios across the world and in every d...

The Gentle Storm – The Diary 2015

The Gentle Storm – The Diary 2015 The Gentle Storm, es el nuevo proyecto de Arjen Anthony Lucassen junto a la vocalista Anneke Van Giersbergen (The Gathering, Agua de  Annique) que nos cuentan una historia de amor, p�rdida y separaci�n contada a trav�s de la historia de dos amantes de ficci�n del siglo XVII. Un marinero holand�s se embarca en un viaje de dos a�os dejando a su esposa en su hogar de Holanda. El �nico medio para comunicarse y mantener vivo su amor durante la separaci�n es a trav�s de una relaci�n epistolar. Estas cartas forman la base de los temas del �lbum. Estamos muy acostumbrados en que los discos que saca Arjen Lucassen sean dobles, y este no se salta esa costumbre, sin embargo aqu� encontramos en cada CD los mismos temas, pero grabados de dos maneras diferentes, �gentle� y �storm�. Podr�amos simplificarlo a ac�stico y el�ctrico respectivamente y dejarlo ah�, pero ni mucho menos. En la parte el�ctrica se nota el deje progresivo que siempre ha tenido la m�sica de ...