Always Something New
Dave_42 | Australia | 10/29/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
""The Remedy of Abstraction" is A Triggering Myth's sixth album, which was released on February 21st of 2006. They continue to do a very good job of staying true to their sound while maintaining enough innovation to prevent it from sounding stale. At the same time, I would not rate this album quite as highly as their prior effort "Forgiving Eden", although it is close to that level of quality.
The band members are Tim Drumheller (keyboards) and Rick Eddy (keyboards, acoustic guitar). This time they bring along four guest musicians: Michael Manring (bass), Scott McGill (electric and nylon string guitars) and Vic Stevens (drums, percussion), and Akihisa Tsuboy (violin). In particular, some of the violin sections really bring in a fresh sound to the group's jazz focused progressive sound.
This album has 9 pieces on it, but their style has always flowed from theme to theme even inside a particular piece to form a unique experience for the listener. For me, each time I listen I pick up on different themes, and so their albums stay fresh even when one has listened to them several times. My favorite tracks are "The Remedy of Abstraction", "Not Even Wrong", and "Shakespeare's Strippers".
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Funky song titles
WillieB | 08/15/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This is the sixth release by A Triggering Myth, but my first experience with them. The band/songwriters are Tim Drumheller (keyboards) and Rick Eddy (keyboards, acoustic guitar). The accompanying guest musicians on this release are... Michael Manring (bass), Scott McGill (guitar), Vic Stevens (drums), and Akihisa Tsuboy (violin). The fretless bass work is outstanding, the drumming and guitar playing are solid, and the violin is soothing. Oh yeah, and the keyboards... very nice. Most of the music is smooth, keyboard rich prog-rock instrumentals with subtle jazzy overtones similar in style to Happy the Man.
A song title usually comes from the lyrics of the chorus, but with instrumental tunes there's no limits, therefore, "Now That My House Has Burned Down, I Have a Beautiful View of the Moon", "Not Even Wrong", "Shakespeare's Strippers", or "When Emily Dickinson Learned To Lunge" are great funky titles that, like this disc, sound great.
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Track Listings (9) - Disc #1