What an amazing melodic rock record this is!\u00a0 Incredible melodies just jump out at you and make it irresistible to put this record down. The writing is simply top notch, and the delivery is just perfect. Halcyon Hymns<\/i> has the ability to lift one\u2019s spirit within few minutes.<\/p>\n
Geoff Downes is of course know for his work with Asia, Yes, and The Buggles. Chris Braide is known as hit writer for many top ten stars on both sides of the Atlantic.\u00a0 This association managed to write and record four albums. While the other albums didn\u2019t get much publicity, Halcyon Hymns<\/i> is a record that will solidify the duo\u2019s position.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
There are some elements of prog rock here, but generally it\u2019s just melodic rock with very deep lyrical approach. While the music may come across as very simple, the vocal melodies take it to another level. In many ways, one may think that was the whole purpose of it all. Chris Braide is given a lot of space to move around and he takes full advantage of it.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
The album is full of great tracks, and it\u2019s difficult what the favorites may be as they change from week to week. So far, \u201cKing Of The Sunset,\u201d \u201cYour Heart Will Find A Way,\u201d \u201cWarm Summer Sun,\u201d and \u201cShe\u2019ll Be Riding Horses\u201d are standouts. But a few other songs could easily be mentioned as the album just produces one great tune after another.<\/p>\n
DBA is a side project to many other things these players do, but it certainly feels like they put in a lot of effort into this recording. Roger Dean provides artwork for the album, automatically giving it that prog rock feel. The fairytale feel Dean provides matches the positive lyrical content and the overall feel of the album.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Halcyon Hymns<\/i> is a very special record. It can be enjoyed in variety of settings, and it always makes the listener feel relaxed.\u00a0 While it doesn\u2019t introduce any new revolutionary music, it brings solid dose of memorable melodies and good songs. I can\u2019t wait to see what they will do next!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":34371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[10681],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-46207","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-downes-braide-association","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=46207"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=46207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}