Jeremy- Mystery and Illusion
(MALS MAL264)
Jeremy- Mystery and Illusion
(MALS MAL264)
From Aural Innovations #39 (May 2008)
Jeremy is the duo of Dave Dietrich on Drums and percussion and Jeremy Morris
on Vocals, guitar, bass, drums, mellotron, piano, and synthesizers. Some of
you might remember the Jeremy and the Progressor CD on this same label reviewed
a few issues back. The music is a lush mixture of the elements of the Beatles,
Pink Floyd and will remind some a bit of Phideaux. The CD begins with the long
9½ minute track, The Mystery Train. A really cool, spacey psychedelic vibe
and some cool guitar playing. Shy Song begins with a really cool guitar line.
This is another one that really floats and grooves in a cool space and the melodic
vocals are great. This is a really cool song with great guitar soloing. Moon
turning Red starts spacey but soon is turning heavy again with killer wah guitars
and lots of solos… Dark Hole is also keeping it rocking but with really
nice melodic guitar lines and vocals. High Rider is 10 minutes in length and
leaves plenty of space for taking the track in many directions. It begins with
some beats and sounds that slowly evolve and then some cool synths enter into
the soundscape and then finally guitars, mellotron and vocals. Float Upstream
begins with some backwards guitars that fade into the real track eventually
as the lush synths also take over the track in a very psychedelic way. Spaced
out! Teardrop Explosion begins with some programmed rhythms like Tangerine
Dream but with vocals. Save Me is very spacey to start like some of Dave Brock's solo synth stuff, but then picks up and Jeremy lets rip some killer
guitar, both melodic but also spaced… A very happy song, probably the
one they would play on the radio, but it is too long. The CD ends with the title
track and is a more melodic track with acoustic guitar. The later half of the
CD is more mellow and the first half is more heavy stuff but a great mixture
overall. My only complaint with this really great CD is that the sound is a bit
thin and tinny sometimes.
Check out the record label web site at: http://www.mals.ru
Check out the band web site at: http://www.jamrecordings.com
Reviewed by Scott Heller