Luminous / Three Sided Album, The
Album: Three Sided Album, The   Collection:General
Artist:Luminous   Added:Oct 2017
Label:Ehtcd  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2017-10-12 Pull Date: 2017-12-14 Charts: Classical/Experimental
Week Ending: Dec 17 Dec 10 Dec 3 Nov 26 Nov 19 Nov 12 Nov 5 Oct 29
Airplays: 1 4 1 2 1 1 1 2

Recent Airplay
1. Aug 03, 2021: Partially A Drivetime (rebroadcast from Nov 20, 2017)
Captain Quirk
4. Dec 09, 2017: Music Casserole
The Bridge
2. Dec 14, 2017: Mostly A
Captain Quirk
5. Dec 07, 2017: Largely A
Captain Quirk
3. Dec 09, 2017: Old Fart at Play
Summer
6. Dec 06, 2017: Brownian Motion
Summer

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2017-10-07
Reviewed: 2017-10-07
Genre: General (X)
FCCs: none (I actually wrote to the band to make sure)

Review: fabulous set of short spacey exploratory instrumentals. Words fail me to describe them, but I loved every minute.
If You like: Nels Cline, David Gilmour, Phil Manzanera
Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Summer (3:53) - drums start. gorgeous slide guitar takes us out to the universe> uptempo jam> slow fade
2/ Change of Season (5:23) - drum machine/synth stats> midtempo jam> quick stop
*3/ The Bridge (4:49) - synth starts> slow spacey jam> drum machine & guitar duet builds to midtempo & strident> swings to uptempo sonic jam> slows to fade
*4/ Increments (4:02) - uptempo electronics jam morphs into sliding space jam> guitar solo> mellows to fade
5/ Outside The Decaying Stinking Mess (3:59) - guitar/electronics start> midtepo jam with beautiful guitar overlay> morphs to deep sonic space jam> spoken words at end> quick stop
6/ So What's Stopping You Now? (3:50) - drums start> midtempo space jam> slow fade
7/ Captain Quirk (2:57) - spoken words at start>uptempo rock with repetitive hooks swings into a different melody> quick stop & spoken words at end
*8/ 50 Dean Men Walking (3:25) - beautiful acoustic guitar starts> slow tempo jam builds to midtempo> short spoken sentence> quick fade
9/ Be Careful What You Shoot At (3:53) spoken sentence starts> midtempo jam mixed with spoken words> quick stop
10/ Out there In Here (2:03) - slow guitar solo> quick stop
*11/ From Texas To Tehran (3:21) - guitar starts> slow tempo jam> fade
12/ Sandie's Adagio (3:53) - drum machine start> midtempo jam> quick stop
*13/ Looking Further Ahead (4:06) - guitar starts> midtempo jam> fade
*14/ That 6 (3:06) - electronic spacey start> midtempo space jam> syth solo> slow space jam to quick fade
15/ Reid Fleming The World's Greatest Milkman (4:04) - spoken words at start> midtempo space jam with spoken words interjected> quick fade
*16/ Go Boy Go! (5:06) - drums start> midtempo jam> guitar solo> space jam> fade
*17/ Crazy Stuff (3:15) - uptempo space jam with interjected words> quick stop
*18/ The end Of The Late Night (7:26) - synth starts> slow tempo space jam> builds in volume> slow fade

Track Listing
1. Summer   10. Out There In Here
2. Change Of Season   11. From Texas To Tehran
3. The Bridge   12. Sandie's Adagio
4. Increments   13. Looking Further Ahead
5. Outside The Decaying Stinking Mess   14. That 6
6. So What's Stopping You Now?   15. Reid Fleming The World's Toughest Milkman
7. Captain Quirk   16. Go Boy Go!
8. 50 Deadmen Walking   17. Crazy Stuff
9. Be Careful What You Shoot At   18. The End Of The Late Night