Once And Future Band -Once And Future Band -Castle Face LP Grooves.land/Playthek

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1.1 How Does It Make You Feel?

1.2 I'll Be Fine

1.3 Hide ; Seek

1.4 Rolando

1.5 Tell Me Those Are Tears of Joy

1.6 Magnetic Memory

1.7 Standing in the Wake of Violence

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Once And Future Band by Once And Future Band, released 26 January 2017, includes the following tracks: "Hide & Seek", "Tell Me Those Are Tears Of Joy", "Standing In The Wake Of Violence" and more. This version of Once And Future Band comes as a 1xLP. The vinyl is pressed as a opaque disc. -

Vinyl LP pressing. 2017 release. In the vapor trail of "How Does It Make You Feel," the first track on this self-titled full length, one can smell the burnt ozone of a seventies-full-orchestra-nebula-pop-odyssey, the flakes floating down and landing like snow, giving grave-chills... The ash of a masterpiece pop song. Once And Future Band: this incredibly accomplished cabal of total prog wizards has circled the earth, but then, these are the accomplished gentlemen of many former pursuits (the formidable Drunk Horse among them) and all of them comets themselves. The very mid-'70s vibe at work here surpasses pastiche, and crests that lovely anachronistic conceptual peak: a fully realized and meticulously arranged psych record, meant to be listened to from top to bottom, with the lights down low and in a comfy chair perhaps, or while gazing out the window of your life pod. The Dark Side of the Moon feel, with shades of early Yes's technicality, a dash of Steely Dan's vocal prowess and effortless sheen, and some seriously outsized hooks that call to mind the mighty ELO, Le Orme and, yes, even the unsinkable Queen powered on Brian May's tape echo jet fuel and sequined power cells. This is a head record in the classic sense but utter fealty to The Dark One insures both being trapped and infected by the pop-parasite. That it is largely self-produced (with tracking / engineering on three of the songs by Phil Manley at El Studio) makes it all the more jaw dropping. Making prog cool again, again, and then slightly more complicatedly, again.

"Mezospheric Azure" edition pressed on opaque blue vinyl with white splatter, housed in a matte-texture sleeve. A repress was issued on February 02, 2018. Though the label (jokingly) described the repress vinyl as "Atmospheric Azure", it is identical in all respects to the "Mesospheric Azure" of the 2017 1st edition. This release entry therefore applies to and includes both pressings. Back cover text: All songs written, performed and produced by Once & Future Band Engineered & mixed by Raj Ohja at Once & Future Space, Oakland, CA Additional engineering - Phil Manley at El Studio, San Francisco, CA Tape transfer - Jason Kick at Santo Studio, Oakland, CA Cover art and layout - Christopher Applegren / Mouth Mastered by JJ Golden at Golden Mastering, Ventura, CA Barcode appears only on a sticker on the plastic outer sleeve. Barcode sticker text: Made in CZ. Includes download card.

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CF083

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