I also read in the booklet that Kristina Natale, the lovely voice from Ghost, is on there. Any idea on which tracks?
There's glory to the brave!
Bookwyrm83 wrote:Pretty sure I heard her in Stars.
Unless I'm mistaken, I think she's also in the title track, though that might be Anneke. Similar sounding in this case.
mymomlikesdogs wrote:We allowed to talk about the 2nd disc?
Personally I found it much more interesting than the main album. Not that the main album is bad, it's just not Dev's best effort, imo.
mikejs wrote:Lexus, on the bonus disk.
Octillus wrote:Far and away I continue to prefer this to anything in his output of the last 5 years except for Casualties. Maybe even since Ki.
Chris87 wrote:I hate to be that guy, but I have to say I'm starting to go into the "the earlier stuff was better" direction now. I never liked the very quiet stuff like Ki from him, nor was I a really big fan of the...uh...let's call it "Anneke revolution" of his music. She is an awesome singer, don't get me wrong, but my favorite songs from him are all from before the Epicloud time. I thought that Z2 was pretty good when it was released, but after one month or so I never listened to it again completely, only on few occasions I listened to "Warrior", "Rain City" or some other selected tracks, but it's hardly my favorite songs I want to listen to again and again.
With Transcendence, it definitely gets better again for my taste. It is a "grower" album again that I was disappointed with first, but enjoy it more and more with every listen. There's a new spark of creativity in there that I found lacking lately, perhaps that's coming from finally letting the other band members have influence. Still, the whole thing just feels...I don't know...secure? It's like Devin mastered his shit by now, everything seems so round and perfect. That should be a good thing, but it's somehow lacking the uniqueness. He is still an outstanding composer who deserves far more recognition and fame than he has, no doubt about that. But listening to the Albert Hall concert disc, I can't help but say that the special spark is gone and will probably never come again. I guess it's just natural as we get older as humans. His older works have so many raw emotions and insecurity, it makes the music such an intimate experience. The desperation of "Deadhead", the ethereal and seemingly ungraspable confusion and atmosphere of "Soul Driven Cadillac"; the rollercoaster of anger, fear and confusion in "Color Your World"; the helplessness of "Night" and "Sister"...all these songs have stirred up emotions in me I thought I had lost, have shown me a creativity I rarely experience in music. With the newer songs, this is simply gone. It is awesome music, it's creative and complex, but it lost something special. Perhaps it's just the spirit of youth that cannot shine through it anymore.
So, yeah...I'm starting to really like the album, it's still music better than most, but the spark just doesn't want to reappear for me. I also have to skip "Truth" everytime because it reminds me of just that.
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