It’s a little under two weeks to the release of Spock’s Beard’s much-anticipated eleventh studio album ‘Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep’ on the 25th March 2013. In advance of the release, InsideOut Music has teamed up with the UK’s PROG Magazine to premiere an unheard edit of the track ‘Something Very Strange’ taken from said album.
The track can be heard exclusively at the Prog Magazine website here: http://www.progrockmag.com/
Guitarist Alan Morse says this about the track: ‘The album version Something Very Strange has an awesome intro that’s going to make it a great live opener – big, spacey, lots of guitar feedback and an otherworldly vocoder bit. Then the Hammond organ kicks in and we’re off to the races! It’s got a great groove, a crazy bass part and enough B3 noodling to satisfy even the most hardcore Leslie fanatic. The chorus is massive, especially when Ted kicks it up an octave on the second chorus. Then we go off into Progland in the middle 7/8 section, with Ryo and me trading off wailing solos. Then a huge build into the last chorus, and we go out with a bang! In addition to that it has a real trippy sci-fi lyric about aliens appearing in the sky, and the people on the ground looking up to face what’s coming – which is, apparently, very strange! ; ) The people come together in the face of the incoming threat and make their peace with each other. Hopefully it won’t take that to get us to come together.’
You can pre-order the album through the InsideOut Music Shop here –
http://www.insideoutshop.de/
Spock’s Beard’s new studio album marks the recording debut of long-time live drummer Jimmy Keegan, and vocalist / guitarist Ted Leonard (Enchant, Thought Chamber). It also sees the return of one familiar name to the song-writing credits, that of Neal Morse who has co-written two tracks after having left the band way back in 2002.
Spock’s Beard will be on tour in May 2013, in support of their brand new studio album ‘Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep’. Joining the band on this tour will be Swedish prog quartet Beardfish and Sound of Contact, the new band featuring Simon Collins and Dave Kerzner. Spock’s Beard had this to say about the tour package:
„We are really looking forward to coming back to Europe and playing our new music. The combination of Spock’s Beard, Sound of Contact and Beardfish promises to be really strong and entertaining for our fans!”
The tour dates can be found below:
May 2013 European Tour Dates
Spock’s Beard
Beardfish, Sound of Contact
(G/S/A dates presented by: ROCK HARD, ECLIPSED & Dragon Productions
2.05.2013 Spirit of 66 – Verviers, Belgium
3.05.2013 Corporation – Sheffield, UK
4.05.2013 The Arches – Glasgow, UK
5.05.2013 Academy 2 – Newcastle, UK
6.05.2013 Robin 2 – Bilston, UK
7.05.2013 The Garage – London, UK
8.05.2013 La Scene Bastille – Paris, France
9.05.2013 Z7 – Pratteln, Switzerland
10.05.2013 Hirsch – Nürnberg, Germany
11.05.2013 Majestic – Bratislava, Slovakia
12.05.2013 A38 – Budapest, Hungary
14.05.2013 Szene – Vienna, Austria
15.05.2013 Colos-Saal – Aschaffenburg, Germany
16.05.2013 Das Rind – Rüsselsheim, Germany
17.05.2013 Zeche – Bochum, Germany
18.05.2013 De Boerderij – Zoetermeer, Netherlands
19.05.2013 Markthalle – Hamburg, Germany
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