The Polyphonic Spree
Salvage Enterprise
AllMusic 80点相当
このグループ、メディアから受けが実力に比して低い感じがある。
今作も内容からすると、メディア、リスナーからの反応はやや厳しいような。
フレーミング・リップスのサウンドに寄ってきてる？
However, this is The Polyphonic Spree and pomp and circumstance is their calling card. “Hop Off The Fence (Section 49)” has tons of twinkling instrumentation, as flutes and harps mix with pump organs and big bass drums in a happy, bordering on deranged, manner, and when the album gets to an effort like “Winds of Summer (Section 51)” things seem almost too precious, overloading on saccharin sounds.
More successful is “Get Down To The Soul (Section 47)” as DeLaughter sounds particularly like Wayne Cohen vocally as the big, triumphant number uses an excellent guitar solo and strings effectively while the album-closing “Morning Sun, I Built The Stairs (Section 52)” brings back the full theatrical appeal of the band with lyrics about flying in the face of the goddess of evil, mixing with digital transmissions, soaring acoustic strings, and horns for a climactic finale.
Both long-time fans and newcomers alike will enjoy the choral rock band sounds from the Dallas, Texas-based Polyphonic Spree.
米テキサスの混声シンフォニー・ロック／サイケデリック・ロック・グループ
オリジナル曲での9年ぶりのスタジオ・アルバム