– April third, 2024 –
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Debut Album ‘Actually Good Horrible Issues’ Out Now!
North Sea Echoes, the duo helmed by Fates Warning members Ray Alder and Jim Matheos, has launched a brand new music video for “The Mission” from their debut album, ‘Actually Good Horrible Issues‘. Followers can take a look at the animated video HERE.
On the lyrical narrative for “The Mission“, Alder shares, “A person experiences a psychotic episode through which he hears voices. I feel that is fairly apparent. This was the final music written for the album. It nearly didn’t make it. Jim thought the album was a bit too brief so we added it final minute. I’m glad we did. It’s one in every of my favorites.”
Watch the video for “The Mission” HERE.
What press is saying about ‘Actually Good Horrible Issues‘:
“[Really Good Terrible Things] sounds extra like the beginning of one thing thrillingly contemporary and important than the following chapter in a long-established, collaborative saga. A triumph for tenderness and finesse…” – Blabbermouth
“a power of nature in its personal proper, and is worthy of repeated listens from metalheads and non-metalheads alike.” – Sonic Views
“knowledge and authenticity actually shine right here.” – The PROG Thoughts
“an album that rewards a number of listens and opens up new sonic moods and territories.” – Cryptic Rock
“neither good nor horrible. These songs are actually nice issues.” – Progressive Music Planet
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‘Actually Good Horrible Issues‘ (Tracklist)
01. Open Ebook
02. Flowers in Decay
03. Unmoved
04. Throwing Stones
05. Empty
06. The Mission
07. The place I’m From
08. We Transfer Across the Solar
09. Contact the Sky
10. No Maps
BIO:
Ray Alder and Jim Matheos’ musical legacy is huge and lauded, each as collaborators and people. Alder has been the vocalist and essential co-writer for prog steel heroes Fates Warning for the previous 35 years. With them, he has recorded 10 albums between 1988 (No Exit) and 2020 (Lengthy Day Good Evening). Additional rounding out his discography are seven albums with Redemption, two solo albums, and the band A-Z with Mark Zonder, which debuted in 2022.
Prolific and pioneering guitarist/producer Matheos is a co-founder of Fates Warning, the lineup debuting with 1984′s Evening on Bröcken on Metallic Blade. Along with 13 albums with Fates, Matheos’ myriad different work contains a number of solo albums, 4 albums alongside former Dream Theater keyboardist Kevin Moore, below the title OSI, and new band, Kings of Mercia, a lineup that’s been termed “a hybrid; it’s heavy, however not steel.”
“All through Actually Good Horrible Issues, Matheos and Alder serve up the type of seductive melancholy Fates Warning followers will acknowledge,” says Jeff Wagner, creator of the Fates Warning ebook Vacation spot Onward. “But there’s a totally totally different strategy right here: vocals are delivered with a kind of nostalgic disappointment, and the guitar work is layered in such a means as to really feel dreamlike. These are wealthy sonic landscapes, visiting locations haunting, lovely, spectral and secret. The Matheos/Alder partnership is taken to some new and fantastic locations right here,” Wagner concludes.
Actually Good Horrible Issues reveals the breadth and flexibility of the acclaimed pair, together with a freshness that belies their lengthy musical partnership. “We each nonetheless love making music and we actually get pleasure from working collectively. There’s a superb quantity of chemistry there, I feel,” Matheos shares. “We each know what to anticipate from one another.“
North Sea Echoes – lineup
Jim Matheos – guitar
Ray Alder – vocals
North Sea Echoes on-line
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