Wow, Intonate has a glorious ending.
Lots of Dream Theaterisms. And that's not a complaint.
Seems this drummer loves himself some Mike Portnoy.
TAC, since their debut album 8 years ago, what is your take on musically where they are today?
So what I really loved about their debut was their reverence to Hemispheres Era Rush. And while my initial comments about Elements Of Surprise were positive, I never revisited. Seemed like they tried to shorter songs, and honestly, I don't remember a thing about it.
After ONE listen to Beyond The Exosphere, the title track again nodded towards late 70's Rush.
I liked the songwriting on BtE. Especially Closer To the End, and while I did not care for the beginning of Freedom, it really turned into a cool song. And that outro to Intonate...WOW!
I like that there's some great melodic parts on this, but not at the expense of some longer passages, as EoS did.
But they went from straight out channeling Rush on the debut, to straight out channeling Dream Theater on BtE. I definitely look forward to another listen. I see they're on Bandcamp, so I'll order it on the next Bandcamp Friday.
Johnny, is this the same drummer?