![]() ![]() In the process I have had the opportunity to read a number of reviews on quite a few web sites. Though I have been listening to this album for many months now I have delayed writing this review. I have given and continue to give this CD plays on my CD player and in my car and this Washington band is one which I hope tours to the midwest because I really would like to hear them live. You cannot listen through this album without having the Grateful Dead, early Roxy Music, Dire Straits, Pink Floyd, Neal Young and the Doors pass through your ears. It's the kind of thing where you almost want to say they look forward to the sound of the 70's because their success at what they do should not be dimished by the word backwards. What is amazing is the way they can sound so faithful to the 70's and to the bands they are usually referenced to yet at the same time sound so credible and fresh. The comments are property of their posters, all other content © Sea of Tranquility SoT is Hosted by SpeedSoft.Hammond and other 70's organ sounds and very very good guitar work help to place UVU's release, Shadow of the Sun among one of the better ones in 2006. Please see our Policies Page for Site Usage, Privacy, and Copyright Policies.Īll logos and trademarks in this site are property of their respective owner. If you have questions or comments, please Contact Us. Featuring plenty of ripping instrumental playing and a myriad of different rock flavors, it's a CD that will appeal to any lover of fun and adventurous music.įor information regarding where to send CD promos and advertising, please see our FAQ page. Shadow of the Sun is an all-around fun and varied listen that is sure to turn the jam-band scene upside down. The band returns to progressive space rock on "Down The Drain.?", a great Pink Floyd influenced number with stabbing guitar solos and dreamy keyboards, and drive home plenty of emotional jam-band styles on the rockin' "Uforia", a real "get down and party" type of song that also contains plenty of hot soloing. Shades of Robin Trower era Procol Harum can be heard on the moody guitar and organ driven "Charity", and pure country rock comes to the forefront on the rootsy "Restless And Lonely". Laid back blues rock is featured on "High Roller", which features some stellar guitar work from both Steven Webb and Simon Connor, as well as tasty electric piano from Canary. ![]() "Out Goes the Light" sounds almost like a cross between The Doors and Eloy, with lilting guitar chords, droning vocals, and vintage 70's styled synth passages from Michael Canary. The spirit of Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead permeate the upbeat opener "Genesis Theory", a song that also contains a fair share of spacey synth work, and "Saving the Light" features some swirling synths and Dire Straits influenced guitar work. More rocking and certainly more progressive than your normal run-of-the-mill jam band, UltraViolet really push the boundaries of their keyboards/guitar/bass/drums configuration, as they have produced here a dozen highly melodic songs dripping with virtuoso improvisation, tight rhythms, and bright, catchy hooks. What do you get when you cross the trippy, psychedelic jam-band flavor of The Grateful Dead with the far reaching, adventurous space rock of Pink Floyd or Eloy, and the gritty hard rock of Blue Oyster Cult? Probably something pretty close to Shadow of the Sun, the latest album from UltraViolet Uforia. ![]()
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