"We care!" Isn't that what you sold the camera?
And I know it makes you feel so much better
"Go and be filled." Isn't that your sage advice?
And just those words said without action appease
Hop right on, there are issues to raise!
Climb on board, there are hearts to be changed!
Hop right on, listen while our speech liberates!
Climb on board, there is news to be made!
"We care!" Isn't that what you said from your ocean-front home?
I know it's got to make you feel so much nicer
"Go and be warmed." Oh such warm charity
And these words still with no action will soothe you,
Soothe you
Hop right on, there are issues to raise!
Climb on board, there are hearts to be changed!
Hop right on, listen while our speech liberates!
Climb on board, make the news!
"We care!" Isn't that what they'll read in the history books?
And they'll know it must have made us feel much better
"Go and be saved." Famous counsel from our age
And these words without any actions relieve
Hop right on, there are issues to raise!
Climb on board, there are hearts to be changed!
Hop right on, listen while our speech liberates!
Climb on board, there is news to be made!
Make the news!
The album takes off nicely with David Longdon's "The Strangest Times", but then gets into immediate free fall and deeply underwater for the next few tracks, quite unexpectedly. Fortunately, it recovers with Nick D'Virgilio's "Apollo" (hey, this guy CAN write good music, although he hides this ability most of the time) and the remaining three tracks, one of which is another Longdon masterpiece. So in the end the final impression is somewhat in the positive range. Sven B. Schreiber (sbs)
The Long Island metal band's third album etches arena-sized hooks into their jagged compositions, deftly balancing experimental and poppy inclinations. Bandcamp Album of the Day May 12, 2022
In the wake of buying the Welcome To The Planet I also went for this older "EP" (clocking in on 70 minutes a rather big big EP...) as a final farewell to a very bright bright star that sadly doesn't shine anymore. Carsten Pieper