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Rise of the Waterfowl

by Farmhouse Odyssey

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artrockbands Absolutely fantastic! Like a breath of fresh air. Favorite track: Shipwreck.
Sven B. Schreiber (sbs)
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Sven B. Schreiber (sbs) I found this interesting prog opus in Carsten Pieper's collection (erneut "danke schön"). These guys have great song ideas, and they know how to arrange them in a most appealing way, resulting in "clean" prog with the usual ingredients, melancholic and complex, sometimes getting quite close to fusion and math-rock. Especially the 16-minute epic shines with its Canterbury-inspired mood. Given the obvious songwriting skills of the band's members, it's a mystery to me why they sometimes wreck a meticulously developed composition in the end by stuffing it with lengthy and pointless improvisations, which sound, at least to me, pretty uninspired and not "progressive" at all... Favorite track: Speedbump Catalyst: Upon the Wheel, Blessing in Disguise, Energetic Tides, The Road Alone.
Carsten Pieper
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Carsten Pieper Often, prog rock comes along very somberly (whch is fine with me), but this one - might it be the Californian origin or not - has the sun shining the whole album! Quite jazzy, too, I agree! Fine album, talented guys, obviously! Favorite track: Speedbump Catalyst: Upon the Wheel, Blessing in Disguise, Energetic Tides, The Road Alone.
Sal Pichireddu
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Sal Pichireddu As good as the debut. Incredibly talented musicians with a jazzy, playful prog from California. Highly recommended! (You should get the début too!) Favorite track: Slumberless Sun.
Christopher Estrada-Snyder
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Christopher Estrada-Snyder Honorable mentions are: Daybreak and Brain Song, but the whole album is just a great experience. There aren't any weak tracks and the album has a flow to it. It doesn't have any songs that are quite on par with Sleeping Silent or Cross The Deep, but taken as a whole the album is a definite step up from the first. Lots to chew on here. Favorite track: Shipwreck.
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1.
Daybreak 06:29
embrace the endless eminences in the storm of the senses that the sonic spectacle commences twisting down entangled trails setting sail through endless corridors dancing along the sapphire banks of our mind's electric river currents disappearing into the dense dawn to awake, invigorate a tour de force turning on at the source, urging us on artfully cast aura of the aural take me to become as one singing and syncopating into believing while never leaving with forgotten glory writing your own story soundscapes create escape from the freight grandeur so fine it's surely destined to hypnotize, with hope as the tool to improvise, left perfectly blind searching for the virtue of rhyme sniff out the scent of a genuine way breathe away the weight standing up straight remember the way soundscapes create escape from the freight
2.
a trillion trills pronounced in flutters nearby quavering at length and resonating on high signaling morning has come thanks to the slumberless sun never has it set and I won't forget where our pulsing heart beat and the sun's rays meet we could be just the same forgetting about name that is fabricated all of a game we could be just as different feelings bent hoping a bit of ourselves was lent but never making a dent in everlasting sweetness as we take on each new day the karmic anomaly plays and our stories animate letting polarities flux different and same swirl about
3.
Brain Song 06:09
this mind is a terrible thing to waste at its core rests a rose with its sweet taste yet the thorns sting we take when what we do is what fate won't conform to a wild wind will blow sending us lost down time's road at unknown cost with a cold roar and conflicting contradictions concealing what is written on this old open door beyond its allure is where we soar
4.
Calligraphy 07:28
the motion that transcends textures that it blends reaching higher than the self in which dead ends feel the past weighing down on me admitting I was wrong see the path thats ahead of me time to be moving on rearranging patterns shedding skin begin to begin again close the gap between an incessant dream and a solemn senselessness break the fall a second wind a gust to blow the dust and rust off my soul drenched in the essence that makes us glow all I did was blink and another day has gone by not too sure what day it was not keeping track of time as I'm gazing down the stream at a once so vivid dream I will do good by you whenever you need i'll share the light with you you are everything to me each day through I feel it's true Imagining in sights and sounds living feeling the sound where it aches within I will do good by you each day through I feel it's true whenever you need i'll share the light with you meandering down to the source of things stealing away to what might have been stuck down a path where my memories holdfast in our made up past the moment realized tongue's twisted and tied what it is to be alive finding out what's inside close the gap between an incessant dream and a solemn senselessness break the fall a second wind a gust to blow the dust and rust off my soul
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Shipwreck 05:47
feel it set in motion the rolling rush of ocean pouring out hope's decree set about uncertainty following under swept off to untold wonders and mysteries telling of deep beauties that beseech cold fluid tide withholding truths of life just beyond reach invisible inside time ticking by oh how endings can frighten to disbelief as we often grieve but this is not the end yet still this feeling its sting is biting beam forward in radiance inciting forever through the night far and wide knowing for what is an end but liberty's wings caught in the brisk and blowing breeze bearing something bittersweet I can see the light shine turning the sand to gold composing the sky's symphony as it beams its path is unseen streaking with wondrous speed endlessly colliding with the world round
7.
Upon the Wheel: glistening my love is real turning round upon the wheel let it flow see it heal a broken soul soothing caressing inside upstream to wrestle with tides deep down there's nowhere to hide images divulge in dreams innermost marks of being let it be to be seen instinctively moving towards inner light Blessing in Disguise: shoved away in shadow to fade where all withheld feelings have been bent there i'm left feeling about for reasons of how oh just how it's now commanding view some longing for life spent but for now i'll be wandering aimlessly beneath the light of the pale moon letting destiny carry me free Energetic Tides: our love will stream across the sky questions reflect my inner light shown to me energetic tides two souls which share the views of life our love will stream across the sky questions reflect my inner light shown to me energetic tides take hold for the road alone and fly The Road Alone: in a world sometimes masterfully mired concealing sketches of love there is hurt forgotten cast deep into the trenches inside shaping a frame, finding form in the output of our anger and frustration in a world shaped by unaccounted beauty of design humble and unhindered grown into an entangled vine as we breathe together alive we are aligned in a bond frequently belittled by humankind's abstracted lie and aligned we are alive for the road alone is not forever
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Safe Passage 01:09
9.
rhythm can you take me? back to where I belong moving bounds and leaps high among the trees kicking up dust to sting the eyes of unease lead me to the manifestation of my dreams singing good-bye there's no hard feelings only mixed up emotions that I leave to the breeze chance it now cries cries for the unknown the tears fall from the night sky small and endless worlds collide singing good bye there's no hard feelings only mixed up emotions that I leave to the breeze

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Artwork by Extra Maat and James Lovejoy

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released January 5, 2016

Alex Espe – Vocals, Keyboards
Thatcher Holvick-Norton – Drums
Aaron Laughlin – Guitar, Vocals
Alex Pepe – Guitar
Ian Taylor – Bass

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Aaron Laughlin

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Farmhouse Odyssey Arcata, California

Farmhouse Odyssey is a group of five musicians who believe in music as a guiding and transformative force in the world. Since they formed in 2012 in Arcata, California each member has brought a unique perspective to the group, coalescing into a whole that is somewhere between progressive rock, jazz fusion, and psychedelia. ... more

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