New Transatlantic Album Due In February - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Just announced

https://www.loudersound.com/news/transatlantic-announce-new-album-with-video-trailer?fbclid=IwAR32OE2STpEG_CKI_ncfWLHJ7eJdpW9BRqP1W_bTPHrf-oTiCGnraxWkhZo

Sounds promising, the trailer (short as it is) and the comparison with The Whirlwind which is my favourite of theirs.

It's a shame there's no option to buy the deluxe set without the vinyl though. Some of us don't have record decks any more.

So there's two versions - a 60 minute and a 90 minute one which are different? Are they just trying to get people to buy both?

The artwork is awesome and the fact there’s two versions of the album, that are different sounds extremely incredibly interesting, shall have to see the pre-order bundles

It’s a mad mad world conspiracy theories on a. Vast scale about “COVID-19 and the Government” cover up..,

Got my Radiant Records email this morning on this......Clearly will have to pre-order the Extended Version and possibly the Ultimate, depending on price.

Have not been a huge fan of the mastering of these albums, Kaleidoscope was full of compression.

King of Loss wrote:

Always loved TransAtlantic. Will be waiting for this one patiently.

Get it well expect the "PATIENTLY" part

It’s a mad mad world conspiracy theories on a. Vast scale about “COVID-19 and the Government” cover up..,

WOW! This song has everything I love about Transatlantic! Looking forward to the album.

I'm not Hugon Rychu. I'm Czyszy.

dougmcauliffe wrote:

Welp, that's definitely a Transatlantic song....

Would it kill Neal Morse to try something outside of the comfortable and safe prog box he's seemingly trapped within? I want something off the wall that's gonna turn some heads, this is just more of the same, organ, some odd times, surface level upbeat lyrics and melodic guitar playing. It's inoffensive and it'll probably be alright but.... it just sounds like every other Neal Morse song/overture i've heard from the last 10 years. He almost had me on Similtude which was genuinely a pretty good album that overstayed it's welcome a bit, but now I feel like we're back to comfortable Neal Morse-isms which is fine, it works, the fans will like it, but there's way too much talent in this bad for them not to be attempting to push the envelope. Funny cause I thought the Flower Kings release from this year was excellent and packed with interesting and outside the box moments in songs like a New Species and Serpentine.

Reading your post, this image popped in my head.

And I agree, the song sounds like Transatlantic. But to me that's a good thing.

I'm not Hugon Rychu. I'm Czyszy.

I pre-ordered the Extended Version 3-LP/2-CD set.......I'm really hoping they do a better job than the last Transatlantic album, sound wise.

Whoa!

I'm not Hugon Rychu. I'm Czyszy.

dougmcauliffe wrote:

I liked this single better than the first, mostly because the intro reminds me of the new Flower Kings album, which I love. Still not quite blown away but this ones def better, albeit still nothing new for the band

Hi,

I had mixed feelings ... I kinda turned it off as soon as Neal begun singing ... but the rest of the music, by itself, was more interesting, even IF IT WAS very conventional ... which is something that "progressive" (generally) is NOT.

It's just nice stuff, but not good enough to add to a collection for me ... there are many bands out there that are trying really hard and they come off way better and more interesting and more innovative than what this has shown to me.

It's good, but not that good!

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