JEREMY - Mystery & Illusion

As I write this, I am not sure what number album in 2008 this is of Jeremy. 3? 4? All of them operating and exploring different fields of interest and inspiration for Jeremy Morris. This is one of his progressive rock forays. ""Mystery and Illusion" is an album that looks back in time for influences, mood and atmosphere. Fans of psychedelic rock with strong symphonic elements, especially those enjoying the releases of this ilk from the `70s, should be first in line to check out this release, and the inclusion of elements from space rock as well as the general mood and atmosphere should also appeal to quite a few fans of Hawkwind in my opinion. A solid release, and one I suspect quite a few people will have on their top 10 list at the end of 2008. Psychedelic progressive rock with space rock and symphonic leanings dominate the textures explored, the first five tunes in particular exploring one specific musical sound, while the last five are more diversified. The Mystery Train, Sky Song and Moon Turning Red are the first three compositions, and all of them explore a highly similar musical tapestry. Symphonic keyboard textures are found at all times in the back of the soundscape, and sometimes allowed to dominate as well; spacey sounds pop in here and there; atmospheric and psychedelic guitar licks and soloing give the tunes drive and nerve, while the vocals are slightly monotonous and distant sounding. There are some variations in details amongst these three tunes of course, but they are all basically exploring the same musical territory - a landscape that is quite similar to the one found on Hawkwind`s "Hall of the Mountain Grill" album from the mid 70`s. Jeremy`s compositions exchange hard rock riffs and spacey sounds with psychedelic keyboard and guitar licks to a certain extent, but the overall sound and atmosphere is still rather similar, without coming across as a clone or a copy."-The Progressor.

"Most of the tunes on this CD is a trip back in time to the 70`s, with the 5 first tunes here in particular having a sound that reminds quite much of Hawkwind as they did on Hall of the Mountain Grill; although with slightly more psychedelic and symphonic textures, and less indulging in space sounds and hard rock licks. And no violin either. But the sound and atmosphere is similar. On the last five tunes Jeremy experiments with other sounds, from backwards playing of some instruments with symphonic elements and Beatles influenced vocals added on Float Upstream on the weird side to the Bon Jovi meets 70`s Genesis on Save Me on the more commercially oriented side."-ProgArchives.

Song #1 - mp3

Song #2 - mp3

Song #3 - mp3