SNAKES & ARROWS

Rush is truly a unique band. You never really know what you are going to get when you press play on a Rush album and this has been the case from the first track on RUSH in 1974 to the opening seconds of this albums energetic and typically enthusiastic opener Far Cry. On this album you can feel how much work and passion has gone into every song on the album, every drum fill, bass-line and guitar chord thought through and it makes for a stunning sound both musically and emotionally. The production on this album is absolutely perfect. Niel's drums sound absolutely fantastic, Geddy's voice sounds as good as it has in years and Alex Lifesons guitar sound is dusted and perfected into something we haven't heard from him since the early 80's, partly down to his switch back to Gibson Les Paul's as the primary instrument on this album. The albums primary feature is the use of acoustic guitars in almost every song which adds a compositional element that puts the band in a brand new direction that we haven't heard from them before and makes the album a very exciting listen for any Rush fan.

Lots of comparisons have been made of this album sounding like the Rush of the 70's. Well i wouldn't by this album based on such talk because you will be disappointed, this album doesn't sound like the 70,s. But neither does this sound like the 90's or any other Rush period. This albums sounds like a Rush we haven't heard before Snakes and Arrows - The Rush of the 00's.

This is an essential part of any Rush fans collection and is highly recommended.