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Special Purpose: Password
ByWhile the overall mood doesn't change too drastically, it's a pleasant one to settle into for an undemanding 40 minutesundemanding for the listeners, that is, is not the players. They're constantly alert and in tune with each other while trotting along, drifting from a good simmer to the odd languid lull with the same generous camaraderie throughout.
While keeping within that familiar wheelhouse, the outing gets increasingly restless throughout. The group settle a little more easily into the hammock accompanied by a spot of sunny saxophone midway through. "Midnight Madness" shifts into higher gear for a danceable club-jazz-meets-uptown-funk centerpiece, while "Day in the Park" returns to Allmanesque blues-rock to suit its title (tinged with a light garnish of space synth as well). Whatever happens, it happens smoothly and with the promise of plenty more fun jams to come.
Track Listing
Hyperbole; Password; Morning Coffee; Loneliness (Isn't So Bad); Midnight Madness; A Day in the Park; I Like It; Phoenix.
Personnel
Lance Vallis: guitar; Paul Paresa: keyboards; Hunter Parmentier: bass; Forest Carter: drums; Melissa Carroll: saxophone (4).
Album information
Title: Password | Year Released: 2019 | Record Label: Self Produced
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