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ILLUMINATIONS
GLASS
2005 , USA - EURO 13.50
Label: MUSEA
ALBUM REVIEW
Back in the Seventies, the brothers Greg & Jeff SHERMAN had a musical project called GLASS. Unfortunately, nobody wanted to sign them, even when they decided to leave for the homeland of Progressive rock: Great-Britain ! Which is amazing of itself: the talent in this American band is quite obvious ! Not only are they great musicians, but they are also great songwriters. Twenty-five years later, our two partners in crime decided to repatriate long recorded musical pieces and release them as a double-CD called "No Stranger To The Skies", partly recorded live and partly in the studio. The result is one superb album, reissued in the year 2004 by the Musea label. A mix of orchestral Progressive rock and jazz-rock fusion, this unique piece of work is a real delight for the fans of Mellotron and Fender Rhodes electric piano ! The whole sounds as fresh as it had been recorded today... "Illuminations" (2005) is a real studio album indeed, showcasing a different side of GLASS. If the music is still as majestic and impressive as it has been, it also displays evidences of a true maturity. Soloing is kept to a minimum in favour of huge instrumental sections that belie the arrangements complexity. Let's also note that the track "Isle Of Dyslexia" has been recorded with the help of Hugh HOPPER (SOFT MACHINE), as "Gaia" features HATFIELD AND THE NORTH's creative duet: Richard SINCLAIR & Phil MILLER. Here's a new masterpiece that has to be part of every Progressive rock discography! (Musea)
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