SPOOKY ACTION AT A DISTANCE

Yes they're back! P-SA has released their 4th album today! I've read several things about it over the last few weeks, some positive and negative things about this new album from the spin-off of Spock's Beard... they are different, and you can see it on this record. Stop thinking that haha

In this album, they present their well-written prog/art rock music as we heard in previous albums, but this time, I feel they reached their own sound and feel. This is in my opinion their most mature album to date, exploring the art-rock side with short and more accessible tracks and their soundtracky and adventurous compositions with longer songs. A mix of their three previous albums into a well constructed and balanced record.

The performance on this album is so great and the arrangements and soundscapes, the choice of sounds is brilliant, I think that's the contribution of John Boegehold (mostly). Kudos to him!

Starting with this cinematic side, kind of spaghetti western song, "The Man Made of Stone", a great presentation for the album. Followed by two short tracks, "Window to the World" and "What Awaits Me?", exploring that art-rock and commercial side, nice tracks. And another long song pops in, "He Once Was", a very adventurous composition, a trip through different musical textures, the slower sections are incredible, exquisite arrangements and stunning vocals by Ted Leonard - he always sounds great.

After that the ballad "Underneath the Orphan Moon", very emotional, and my favorite track "Clouds That Never Rain", very 80s influenced, powerful and melodic. We continue with "Bulletproof" very poppy and "Somewhere North of Nowhere", which reminds me a lot of Spock's Beard.

"Summoned by Afar", what a great song, the folky side of P-SA is incredible. Great evolving song, arrangements are awesome, especially the choir moment. And they close the album with a beautiful ballad "Love is Still The Night", lovely ending.