What Are You Listening To

The Montanas - That’s When Happiness Began (1966)
(UK Freakbeat)

Magic Mushroom Band - Magic Eye, Love Ressurection, Who Can Say and Turban Paranoia

From the 1992 album by the English Psychedelic/Space rock/Techno band, “Re-Hash”

Pâlefroid - L’Appel

A Bar Song (Tipsy) by Shaboozey (2024)
(Trap Country)

Remember by Tyler Shaw (2021)
(Canadian Pop)

The Small Faces - Here Come The Nice (1967)
(Psychedelic rock/Pop)

Bowling For Soup’s weird cover of Baby One More Time

El Paso by Marty Robbins

Blue Öyster Cult - Ghost Stories (2024 album)

MY DYING BRIDE ‐ Crushed Embers
(Doom Metal/Gothic Metal/Death Metal)

Of course, nothing is perfect, and sadly, their new album A Mortal Binding is no exception. I might appear as a fanboy, but actually, I can point out the defects of the things I enjoy, and in this case, the ending song of the album is probably the biggest defect.
Don’t get me wrong: Is not a bad song, and I actually like it. The problem is, it ends abruptly. Is like nothing happened, it simply ends, without any warning. For a moment, the song is flowing naturally, and in one second, nothing. Only silence. Considering the band has done excellent ending songs previously, and they had experience with Your Woven Shore (A really epic instrumental ending song from their previous album, The Ghost of Orion) it shocks me how the band choose to throw all their experience doing ending songs to the trash, and give us a dry and abrupt end.

The only solace I find in this situation, is the fact this might be a subliminal message done by the band, to tell is this is not the end, and they still have music to give. But considering the lyrics are a poem narrating about a woman fading away from her place among the living, I’m having a huge cognitive dissonance here.

Steriogram - On And On.

Steeleye Span - Sails Of Silver, My Love, Barnet Fair, Gone To America and Where Are They Now

From the English Folk rock band’s eleventh album, “Sails Of Silver” (1980)

Take It All Back 2.0 by Judah & The Lion (2016)
(Indie/Alternative Bluegrass)

The Moody Blues - The Word/Om (1968)
(UK Psychedelic/Progressive rock)

R.I.P. Mike Pinder

Rihanna - Work (feat. Drake)

Reese Dreams of Future War by Brad Fidel (from ‘The Terminator’)

Flotsam and Jetsam - I Am The Weapon (new song 2024)

(Thrash Metal)

To Be With You by Mr. Big (1992)
(Hair Metal Ballad/Soft Rock)

The Adverts - One Chord Wonder, Bored Teenagers, On The Roof, Newboy, No Time To Be 21, Safety In Numbers and Great British Mistake

From the English (From London) Punk band’s 1978 debut album, “Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts”, an absolute classic and Punk essential. Why d’you think I picked out 7 whole tracks? It kicks hard ass (and so does the band’s female bassist Gaye Advert in particular)

How Do You Talk To An Angel? by The Heights (1992)
(Pop Rock)

Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me by George Michael & Elton John (Elton John cover) (1992)
(Power Ballad)

Deicide - Banished by Sin (Full Album 2024)

(Satanic Death Metal)

This Corrosion by The Sisters of Mercy

(Goth Rock)

Powerman 5000 - Bombshell

Foreigner - Low Down And Dirty, I’ll Fight For You, Mountain Of Love, When The Night Comes Down and Flesh Wound

From The British-American Hard rock/AOR band’s seventh album, “Unusual Heat” (1991)