This album will bring the total of MP releases in 2020 currently now up to 7!!
1. Sons Of Apollo - MMXX (Out now!)
2. The Neal Morse Band - Live in Brno (Out now!)
3. BPMD - American Made (Out June 12th)
4. Flying Colors - Live in London (Info Coming soon)
5. Transatlantic - Studio album #5 (Info Coming soon)
6. Neal Morse - new solo album (Info Coming soon)
7. One more cool album that will be announced very soon...
(No it’s not LTE3 or TWD3...)
Eh, I am only kind of interested in SOA. I heard the single and thought it was OK. I might get it eventually.
I've already got the BRNO video, and it's a pretty great show! Glad to own it!
Flying Colors is always an auto-buy for me, and the London show had a great setlist, so I am looking forward to getting this one, hopefully in the summer (anytime BUT June - already too much new music coming out then, even without Steven Wilson).
Transatlantic's fifth album is THE album on this list I am looking forward too. It's been a long six years since Kaleidoscope, and knowing that they've been working on this one since last September has kept me on the edge of my seat!
The Neal Morse solo album was quite a surprise, but I'll be interested to see what Neal can do these days without the NMB behind him. I'm sure he's still got all the great chops and musical motifs that he's well known for.
And the mystery album? Like 425 said, I doubt it'll be the Neal Morse Band, considering they haven't even begun writing yet, though Bill said that they were originally planning to meet this Spring. Even if writing began in earnest by summer, the album wouldn't come out in 2020. And if this last album isn't LTE or TDW, I'm sure it's something entirely new. Part of me hopes it's something with Petrucci or Rudess, but that would be a dream. I suspect it might be something with the likes of Paul Gilbert, who has done a several live cover bands with Mike, but I don't think anything in the studio.
Whatever it is, I hope it's original music and NOT another covers project. Those always seem to be the ones I am least interested in!
-Marc.