Echolyn - A Little Nonsense, Now And Then (1989-2000)

Artist: Echolyn
Album: A Little Nonsense, Now And Then
Year: 1989/2000
Country : USA
label : Mellow (MMP 104) 1992,
Style: Progressive Rock
Genre: Symphonic.
Format: ape (tracks), cue, log and no artcover
Size: 1,33 GB (5 % recovery)
Source: torrents site

Strongly influenced by GENTLE GIANT, this outstanding american band has enough musicianship to deliver original, powerful, intricate, yet beautiful prog rock. The music is full of details, either in strong passages or in the quietest acoustic moods. The GG like Fender Rhoades piano brings the music to a higher atmosphere on the quiet parts. Fabulous acoustic guitar is present all the time, to break the power stream at the right time - always. Theres nothing more to say. This is essencial american prog rock

Tracks :
d1
Chapter 1 - Echolyn
01. Fountainhead (2:57)
02. The Great Men (8:31)
03. On Any Given Night (5:02)
04. Carpe Diem (5:08)
05. Shades (11:08)
06. Clumps Of Dirt (4:24)
07. Peace In Time (6:41)
08. Meaning And The Moment (7:21)
09. Breath Of Fresh Air (3:39)
10. Until It Rains (5:18)
11. The Velveteen Rabbit (7:31)
d2
Chapter 2 - ...And Every Blossom
01. Bright Sides (3:04)
02. Ballet For A Marsh (4:30)
03. Lunch In The Sun (3:53)
04. Blue And Sand (4:25)
Chapter 3 - When The Sweet Turns Sour
05. 100 Diversions (7:30)
06. Another Day (3:31)
07. Where The Sour Turns To Sweet (5:15)
08. Meaning And The Moment (Acoustic) (4:53)
09. The Currents Of Me (7:27)
10. Patchwork (3:33)
11. This Time Alone (9:09)
12. A Little Nonsense (Live) (7:07)
13. As The World (Live) (6:56)
d3
Chapter 4 - Edge Of Wonder
01. Edge Of Wonder (Erad-Glitch) (4:09)
Chapter 5 - Live Cowboy
02. Texas Dust (5:34)
03. Swingin' The Axe (3:21)
04. Gray Flannel Suits (5:09)
Chapter 6 - New Versions
05. As The World 2000 (4:36)
06. Suffocating The Bloom 2000 (4:18)
07. Carpe Diem 2000 (6:03)
08. Shades 2000 (14:34)

Disc One is the first release titled "Echolyn." A strong debut, which contains many influences and promise of a band on the rise. Again, this album, on it's own, is no longer available and after a year and a half of searching, nearly impossible to get used. On Any Given Night is my favorite track here and Carpe Diem is one of their stronger tracks.
Disc Two contains the EP ... which was a follow up to Suffocating the Bloom (Arguably the best Echolyn release) and When the Sweet Turns to Sour (a rewording of the title of the Genesis classic; When the Sour Turns to Sweet, which is covered by Echolyn on the disc). The latter is an angry slap at Sony. WTSTTS contains The Currents of Me, one of Echolyn's best tracks and Live versions of A Little Nonsense and As the World.
Disc 3 is a wonderful mix of live in the studio recordings and an original 1989 track which was never before released, The Edge of Wonder. The Studio Live tracks of three Cowboy Poems Free tunes are fresh and more powerful then those on the original release. The band also re-recorded some of their more popular numbers in the same fashion with Ray Weston playing bass and simplifying Tom Hyatt's bass lines. The songs come off well, especially As the World, which I feel sounds better then the original. Jordan Perlson's addition on percussions also brings some needed spark to the bands flavor. Chris Buzby's Wurlitzer sounds bigger and more "in the groove.