Penultimate

Looking for some intricately crafted artsy prog-pop accented with mariachi style trumpet work and a soaring violin – Penultimate is the disk for you. In it Chapell provides 12 original tunes ranging from social commentary, eg ‘Zuk and Sandinista, to just plain fun, eg Girl’. If his catchy tune-smithing, eg channeling Elanor Rigby in ‘Zuk doesn’t put a ear in your worm, the intriguing interplay between his haunting trumpet and Lorenza Ponce’s magnificent violin certainly will.

FCC: None
RIYL: Beatles, REM

*1 Ride - up-tempo futuristic sound with nice violin accents (3:45)
*2 Sandinista - eery mid-tempo tune about the corrupting influence of power(4:23)
*3 Girl with Blue Eyes - uptempo with classical sounding trumpet break(4:05)
**4 Yes We Can - uptempo, great pop tune & great fiddle work (4:02)
**5 I am Zuck - ominous ode to the power of SM with a nod to Elanor Rigby, eg all the soulless people (4:29)
**6 Time to be Kind – mid-tempo, bouncy toe-tapper wth nice timing changes(4:23)
*7 The Radio - fun, uptempo with a touch of mariachi (3:05)
8 Catch Me – mid-tempo love song (3:59)
9 Break the Night – mid-tempo with nice trumpet break(4:47)
10 Freedonia - uptempo interesting timing change (3:48)
11 Vivid – uptempo with plucked violin (3:52)
*12 If You Like It – mid-tempo with great interplay between bass & fiddle(3:44)