SOUNDS THAT CAN'T BE MADE
With Sounds That Can't Be Made, their seventeenth studio album, Marillion continue their successful musical journey with an album that is as soulful and powerful as ever.
Recorded at Racket studio in England, the eight new songs on the album show once more their ability to contrast epic progressive songwriting with pop-rock sensibilities, both powerful and deep, that can speak the musical language of the new millennium.
Marillion are a band that has managed to quietly produce astounding music under the radar for the last couple of decades. Given up for dead after their original lead vocalist left in 1989, they were one of the first bands to recognize the power of the internet in the 1990's which allowed them to make music without the need to try to bother the charts with huge sales or satisfy record company execs with the content of their records.
After a wait of nearly four years, Marillion finally unleash their latest opus, and it was worth the wait! Two things get Marillion fans excited in advance of a new album: The word 'CONCEPT' or news of some tracks longer than the standard three-minute single! While there is no concept this time around, the band does deliver not but three epic-length songs, kicking the album off with "Gaza" which clocks in at a massive 17:30, and finishing with a 10:34 bookend, "The Sky Above The Rain." "Gaza" is a powerhouse of a song, with haunting arabic rythyms and vocals mixed with a pounding bass line and some marvelous guitar solos (check out the aggressive solo at the 4 minute mark), and ranks alongside "Ocean Cloud," "This Strange Engine" and "Interior Lulu" as an instant classic. The rest of the album demonstrates an array of influences, with synth vibes remenicent of 80's Prince, pop sounds that echo a 70's Todd Rundgren, showcaseing superb songwriting and musicianship throughout, with hooks that would lend towards chart position if the band were ever to be given the radio airplay that is their due. This may be the most consistent album Marillion have produced over their career-about as good as it gets. What are you waiting for?
As they have so successfully done in the past, the making of the album was funded by a deluxe edition that was available for pre-order. Some copies are still available directly from the band HERE.
Or, you can purchase a standard edition from Amazon.
POWER
THE SKY ABOVE THE RAIN
SOUNDS THAT CAN'T BE MADE
LUCKY MAN
POUR MY LOVE
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