Kansas - The Absence of Presence
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Topic: Kansas - The Absence of Presence
Posted By: Enchant X
Subject: Kansas - The Absence of Presence
Date Posted: July 04 2020 at 05:00
I pre ordered I don't want to miss out on it, I want to hear this CD always a special thing when an old great prog band like Kansas certainly are releases something new , what I've heard so far seems pretty good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLY4KMirXKA" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLY4KMirXKA a new clip called Jets Overhead of Kansas new album , sounds magical in some places so much like 70's Kansas with a twist.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD58rE0B2PDe3se2nCv1yRA" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdphvuyaV_I&list=PL9tY0BWXOZFvsOFNUeME8BSbiH_PwQGOK" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5ZJui3aPoQ" rel="nofollow - < ="ytp-play- ytp-" aria-label="Pause k" title="Pause k" style="border-width: initial; border-style: none; border-color: initial; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; font-size: 11.99px; font-family: inherit; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; opacity: 0.9; width: 46px; transition: opacity 0.1s cubic-bezier0.4, 0, 1, 1 0s; overflow: ; height: 36px;"> < ="ytp- ytp-settings-" aria-haspopup="true" aria-owns="ytp-id-17" title="Settings" -tooltip-target-id="ytp-settings-" aria-label="Settings" style="border-width: initial; border-style: none; border-color: initial; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; font-size: 11.99px; font-family: inherit; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; : relative; opacity: 0.9; width: 36px; transition: opacity 0.1s cubic-bezier0.4, 0, 1, 1 0s; overflow: ; height: 36px;">< ="ytp-minip- ytp-" -tooltip-target-id="ytp-minip-" title="Minip i" aria-label="Minip i" style="border-width: initial; border-style: none; border-color: initial; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; font-size: 11.99px; font-family: inherit; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; opacity: 0.9; width: 36px; transition: opacity 0.1s cubic-bezier0.4, 0, 1, 1 0s; overflow: ; height: 36px;">< ="ytp-size- ytp-" title="Theater mode t" aria-label="Theater mode t" style="border-width: initial; border-style: none; border-color: initial; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; font-size: 11.99px; font-family: inherit; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; opacity: 0.9; width: 36px; transition: opacity 0.1s cubic-bezier0.4, 0, 1, 1 0s; overflow: ; height: 36px;">< ="ytp-fullscreen- ytp-" title="Full screen f" style="border-width: initial; border-style: none; border-color: initial; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; font-size: 11.99px; font-family: inherit; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; opacity: 0.9; width: 36px; transition: opacity 0.1s cubic-bezier0.4, 0, 1, 1 0s; overflow: ; height: 36px;"> |
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: July 04 2020 at 17:24
| I wonder if the title is a reference to the coronavirus. I don't really see what else it could be. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: July 04 2020 at 18:36
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Unable to click on poll choices.....strange. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: July 04 2020 at 19:22
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You're supposed to copy the string after "watch?v=" and not the entire YT url. xD ------------- 
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Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: July 04 2020 at 22:19
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I plan on ordering this when I get my paycheck. I love Kansas and I love the 3 songs released so far, especially Throwing Mountains. This lineup is rock solid and the title track clocks in at just under 9 minutes!
------------- The sun has left the sky... ...Now you can close your eyes |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: July 05 2020 at 17:06
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Looking forward to hearing it one way or another. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 06 2020 at 00:22
| Looking forward to it. Prelude Implicit was excellent , almost undistinguishable from classic seventies Kansas. |
Posted By: SouthSideoftheSky
Date Posted: July 16 2020 at 12:11
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I have pre-ordered it, I think it will be really good. Looking forward! |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 18 2020 at 00:27
| It's excellent imo. If you like Kansas generally then check it out. If not then avoid like the plague!! |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: July 18 2020 at 20:04
| I finally got it today, and I'm enjoying every bit of it. Great album. |
Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: July 18 2020 at 20:31
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These last 2 albums have easily been their best since POKR imo. I really admire that On these albums they aren’t trying to sound their 70s days, they are exploring new sounds and have really created a new identity and sound in this later potion of their career. This album even sounds quite different from the prelude implicit. I hope we get at least one more out of them! ------------- The sun has left the sky... ...Now you can close your eyes |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 20 2020 at 00:57
| To be honest I don't think the sound has changed that much at all .. but I still like it. |
Posted By: SouthSideoftheSky
Date Posted: July 20 2020 at 01:08
I agree. One reason can be that they have a new member in Tom Brislin who has taken on a big role in the song writing, so maybe it's not surprising that it is different from the previous album. Brislin even sings lead vocals on the closing track. I already like this album more than The Prelude Implicit, just as I thought I would. |
dougmcauliffe wrote:Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: July 20 2020 at 08:14
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This whole page is dead..... ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Enchant X
Date Posted: July 21 2020 at 03:24
| Still only about 47 minutes in length (which is short by today's standards) there wouldn't want to be any filler. |
Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: July 21 2020 at 05:42
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This album is really growing on me, becoming one of my favorites of the year ------------- The sun has left the sky... ...Now you can close your eyes |
Posted By: Enchant X
Date Posted: July 22 2020 at 02:29
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Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: July 22 2020 at 11:44
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Just posted my review, really enjoy this album and have been listening a couple times a day. I recognize its no leftoverture, but this new musical path Kansas is taking makes me happy. I hope their next album keeps writing in that awesome progressive style of the Title track. Throwing Mountains, Propulsion and The Song the River Sang. ------------- The sun has left the sky... ...Now you can close your eyes |