to check out their second album "Prehensile Tales," recently released on Inside Out Music.
Under the headphones straightaway for an infusion of "Raining Hard in Heaven." This song opens with a bass riff as smooth as meringue on Baked Alaska and just as rich; vocals come over the top while keyboards make their way into your consciousness. The top notes veer farther from the band's Spock's Beard roots than their debut release; planting their own stake in the ground it seems. I detect aromatics of The Strawbs and a touch of Camel in the air. The keyboards seem to enjoy teasing your senses...this should be quite the refreshing week.
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Pattern-Seeking Animals jetted across the prog garden in search of essential parts necessary to create a greater whole. The top notes here, as with most of the album, are difficult to pin down. There are the obvious whiffs of Spock's Beard, but Pattern-Seeking Animals are cutting themselves free of the umbilical cord as it were with this second release.
Liner Notes...John Boegehold, Ted Leonard, Dave Meros, and Jimmy Keegan returned to the studio for the band's second album. However, they expanded their sound with the addition of violin, cello, flute, trumpet, saxophone, and pedal steel guitar. The band has really come together on this album and sound as though they've been playing together for years. As with their debut release, everybody takes and shares the spotlight; neither the stage nor the recording studio is overcrowded with egos...which makes for a fantastic listening experience.
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Learn more about the band at their website PSA as well as facebook and Twitter @psanimals1. Links to buy both of their albums are on the website.
The listening teaser this week is "Elegant Vampires." The upbeat tempo is somewhat surprising but very much welcome. Pattern-Seeking Animals land somewhere between U.K. and 10cc with this song. Stretch out in the Concert Closet and enjoy...
And thus fellow progheads another week roaming the prog garden is in the rear view mirror.
Pattern-Seeking Animals has brought their own sound and style to the forefront with this album. The music gets under your skin and inside your head, taking up full residency in your entire being. Might as well go with the flow and ride it out; expanding your prog boundaries is never a bad thing.
Now off to the next adventure in the search for all things prog. The journey continues; there is so much more to discover...until next time...
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