![]() Octane guitars, with echoes of Hawkwind or early Genesis. Of acoustic picking and grinding organ with tons of tron. Lyrics include "Told the tall tale, Chapter and the verse, On the balance, Bounty and a curse, Into bright white, Only to reverse, For the Earth, Swallows whole." There are accents Hear the psychedelic vocals of Richard Vaughan in early Pink Floyd style. The piano keeps some semblance of melody before we Musical motion, with a windtunnel of keyboard, and some unusual chilling sounds leading It segues straight into the mammoth 'The Black Chord' that is a mosaic of colour and We hear manic drumming from David Hurley and more wind howling to end this awesome The guitars are drowned out by synths that fade and Inferno of prog excess, an instrumental with a very distinct 70s style sound, with odd time Wonderful melody takes over and caresses my ears, and I am in prog heaven. Intonation of lead guitar swells over and then is saturated by a bubble bath of synths. Of the riff is broken by a frantic keyboard and guitar run with very fast arpeggios. The music is uplifting as it builds to a faster cadence. Riff locks in with twin guitars overlayed, and a fusion of keyboards smolders along tinging The glissando Hackett like guitars of Brian Ellis begin an improvised psychedelic melody. The echoed guitar howls over, a drum beat settles into a steady measured pace. 'Cocoon' begins with howing solar winds and then ambient spaciness building with Reinvent, a modern approach to progressive psych rock. I am in awe at how Astra capture the 70s sound and yet inject, and even ![]() Every track offers something very special and neverÄisappoints. Mesmirising journey that at times is sumptuous tranquillity and at other times launches into Immediately, the style ofĪstra's modrn space rock meets classic 70s prog, is prominent. This enigmatic new album, 'The Black Chord', I had to have it. I was so impressed with Astra's 'The Weirding' masterpiece that as soon as I laid eyes on ![]() Astra pay tribute to classic 70s prog with a cosmic intergalactic mosaic of sound and ![]()
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