– March fifth, 2024 –
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Debut Album ‘Actually Good Horrible Issues’ Out Now!
North Sea Echoes, the duo helmed by Fates Warning members Ray Alder and Jim Matheos, has launched one other single from their newly launched debut album, ‘Actually Good Horrible Issues‘. Followers can take a look at the file’s fourth single, “Throwing Stones“, together with an accompanying animated video HERE.
On “Throwing Stones“, Alder shares, “This can be a unusual one. Some folks have a worry of happiness. They really feel that one thing painful all the time follows pleasure. So that they’re type of locked into this world the place they attempt to really feel nothing. It’s referred to as Cherophobia.”
Watch The Video for “Throwing Stones” HERE
What press is saying about ‘Actually Good Horrible Issues‘:
“[Really Good Terrible Things] sounds extra like the beginning of one thing thrillingly contemporary and very important than the subsequent chapter in a long-established, collaborative saga. A triumph for tenderness and finesse…” – Blabbermouth
“a drive of nature in its personal proper, and is worthy of repeated listens from metalheads and non-metalheads alike.” – Sonic Views
“knowledge and authenticity actually shine right here.” – The PROG Thoughts
“an album that rewards a number of listens and opens up new sonic moods and territories.” – Cryptic Rock
“neither good nor horrible. These songs are actually nice issues.” – Progressive Music Planet
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‘Actually Good Horrible Issues‘ (Tracklist)
01. Open E book
02. Flowers in Decay
03. Unmoved
04. Throwing Stones
05. Empty
06. The Mission
07. The place I’m From
08. We Transfer Across the Solar
09. Contact the Sky
10. No Maps
BIO:
Ray Alder and Jim Matheos’ musical legacy is huge and lauded, each as collaborators and people. Alder has been the vocalist and essential co-writer for prog steel heroes Fates Warning for the previous 35 years. With them, he has recorded 10 albums between 1988 (No Exit) and 2020 (Lengthy Day Good Night time). Additional rounding out his discography are seven albums with Redemption, two solo albums, and the band A-Z with Mark Zonder, which debuted in 2022.
Prolific and pioneering guitarist/producer Matheos is a co-founder of Fates Warning, the lineup debuting with 1984′s Night time on Bröcken on Metallic Blade. Along with 13 albums with Fates, Matheos’ myriad different work contains a number of solo albums, 4 albums alongside former Dream Theater keyboardist Kevin Moore, below the title OSI, and new band, Kings of Mercia, a lineup that’s been termed “a hybrid; it’s heavy, however not steel.”
“All through Actually Good Horrible Issues, Matheos and Alder serve up the sort of seductive melancholy Fates Warning followers will acknowledge,” says Jeff Wagner, writer of the Fates Warning ebook Vacation spot Onward. “But there’s a completely completely different strategy right here: vocals are delivered with a type of nostalgic unhappiness, and the guitar work is layered in such a approach as to really feel dreamlike. These are wealthy sonic landscapes, visiting locations haunting, stunning, spectral and secret. The Matheos/Alder partnership is taken to some new and fantastic locations right here,” Wagner concludes.
Actually Good Horrible Issues reveals the breadth and flexibility of the acclaimed pair, together with a freshness that belies their lengthy musical partnership. “We each nonetheless love making music and we actually take pleasure in working collectively. There’s an excellent quantity of chemistry there, I believe,” Matheos shares. “We each know what to anticipate from one another.“
North Sea Echoes – lineup
Jim Matheos – guitar
Ray Alder – vocals
North Sea Echoes on-line
https://northseaechoes.com
https://www.metalblade.com/northseaechoes
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