Flying Colors release debut album(Morse, Portnoy+)

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Going to add to this now that I've got mine. It's good. Maybe not very proggy, but I really like it. Melodic and strong, the vocalist is great, music sounds like diverse alternative rock, the prog is definitely there, so it should get into the archives, even if just as Prog Related.

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Gallifrey Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 15 2011 Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Points: 588	Posted: March 26 2012 at 23:51
	Going to add to this now that I've got mine. It's good. Maybe not very proggy, but I really like it. Melodic and strong, the vocalist is great, music sounds like diverse alternative rock, the prog is definitely there, so it should get into the archives, even if just as Prog Related.
	http://thedarkthird.bandcamp.com/

TheProgtologist Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: May 23 2005 Location: Baltimore,Md US Status: Offline Points: 27802	Posted: March 27 2012 at 04:08
	They should get into the archives,at least in PR because all the members except MacPherson are in bands in our database. And I dig the album,good stuff.


Gallifrey Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 15 2011 Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Points: 588	Posted: March 27 2012 at 04:09
	MacPherson sounds great. I'm going to go check out his other stuff, I quite like that sort of heavy alternative rock style.
	http://thedarkthird.bandcamp.com/

darkshade Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: November 19 2005 Location: New Jersey Status: Offline Points: 10964	Posted: March 27 2012 at 13:04
	In my opinion, Casey's vocals are no better or worse than Neal Morse's. In fact, the 2 voices blend well on songs where they're both singing (like in Blue Ocean).
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Garion81 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 22 2004 Location: So Cal, USA Status: Offline Points: 4338	Posted: March 29 2012 at 22:33
	What I really like is the interaction between Steve Morse and Neal Morse they do some incredible melodies and harmonies between the keys and the guitar. I would love to hear more of that in something more proggy but this CD is pretty great.
	"What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?"

catsclaw Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: January 18 2007 Status: Offline Points: 19	Posted: April 01 2012 at 21:02
	I can't believe this isn't listed. All but one member is a prog genius. The songs are melodically proggy. Bu because it isn't symphonic or obscure or because they have a sense of pop to them, they are ruled out? Shame on you Progarchives.com. The Beatles are here. This band should be too.

Horizons Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 20 2011 Location: Somewhere Else Status: Offline Points: 16952	Posted: April 01 2012 at 21:06
	I don't really count any as a prog genius actually.
	Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.

LiquidEternity Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: December 07 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 900	Posted: April 01 2012 at 22:03
	Depending on your point of view, Neal Morse could count as a prog genius, but at least four of the five members are either actively involved in the prog community or played a viable role in its development. I think. Having heard it, however, as far as I'm concerned... it's plenty darn proggy. It's not pop at all. My friends who like pop hated it. Couldn't differentiate between Flying Colors and Dream Theater. It's just mild prog with good choruses and melodies.


infandous Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 23 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2446	Posted: May 01 2012 at 13:00
	Listening to it now, and it's certainly not pop music, though perhaps that was their aspiration (or inspiration) for some of the tracks. In general though it strikes me as watered down Neal Morse music with a really great guitarist and a lame singer (for my taste, I don't really see what the point was of having him). Not bad, but not something I have any desire to hear again.

rushfan4 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 22 2007 Location: Michigan, U.S. Status: Offline Points: 65938	Posted: December 02 2013 at 15:55
	I ran across this album on eMusic. I assume that it has nothing to do with this Flying Colors, but the performance of Bible stories does make it sound like something that Neal Morse would be involved with.


yam yam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 16 2011 Location: Kerberos Status: Offline Points: 5820	Posted: December 02 2013 at 16:55
	^ It was released in November 2008, and the vocalist is female, so somewhat unlikely to have anything to do with Messrs Morse & co.