If Morsefest ends up being Transatlantic this year, I sure hope that the record is out before the event. For one, I personally would rather be at least a little familiar with the material rather than hearing it for the first time in a live environment, and for two, I fear the Morsefest crowd will get the short shrift with regards to new material like this past year with Flying Colors, where the crowds at later shows inexplicably got more newer songs than the Morsefest one.
It does suck that the Morsefest 2019 crowd got less new songs, but it was also the band's first live show together in awhile, IIRC< and they probably didn't have much time to rehearse the new material quickly enough to play it up to speed for a Morsefest release. I suspect that we may see Flying Colors at Morsefest again before their next studio album, and in that case, perhaps we'll get a more balanced setlist of songs from all three albums.
As for debuting new TA material at Morsefest, I think if they play their cards right, the album might come out just before Morsefest. Neal and co. are usually pretty good about sorting that kind of thing out, and since Mike has already finished his drum tracks, it's just up to the others to record their finished parts, which probably will be done by early Spring. Then it's off to Rich for mixing and then it'll get mastered by Summer for a late-summer/early-fall release. I doubt we'll see a full-on TA Tour this year, though, given how busy Mike seems to be, but I think he'd make time for Morsefest if it was for Transatlantic. If he can fit in TA shows by the end of the year, we will probably see them do exactly what Flying Colors did in 2019 - play at Morsefest as a warm-up to the tour, then play the tour through the fall months.
My question is - would fans rather see TA play one or two albums in their entirety, and play a couple of new songs, or attempt to play most or all of their new material, even if it ends up sounding a bit rough? Given Neal's penchant for wanting to perform whole albums at Morsefest, I would be willing to be he'd do one of each TA's first two albums both nights, then do a couple of newer songs as the 2nd half of each night, and maybe pepper in some Kaleidoscope or Whirlwind pieces. That way, we get some new material but also the "full album performed live" experience that was absent with Flying Colors last year.
-Marc.
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