Monday, April 28, 2008

Album of Last Friday

The Clever Use of Shadows, by Nathan Mahl (1999): Every now and then, some band comes out of nowhere to really shine at one of the big US prog fests (NEARFest and ProgDay). For the 1999 version of NEARFest, Nathan Mahl did just that. Although the band had been around for a while (this YouTube clip dates from 1982), it took 15 years to release this, its second album. It was worth the wait, a tour-de-force mostly instrumental slice of fusion-influenced classic prog. I even like the two vocal tracks, but that's a minority opinion. A fun listen.

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