Anyway, if 2013 was the year of many old school synth acts putting out surprisingly stellar albums, then 2017 has pretty much been the year where a lot of them have followed up those records with good, listenable but not-as-good albums.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Tuesday, 3 October 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link
Savage is turning out to be an album of two halves for me... I'm finding the back half to be a little on the weak side.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Friday, 6 October 2017 23:25 (six years ago) link
I didn't know he had 3 daughters!! Good on him. Been listening to Pure on and off and there are a few songs about the miscarriage of his son. Now that I have one of my own it's pretty moving, particularly "Little Invitro".
― frogbs, Friday, 20 October 2017 03:34 (six years ago) link
Pure > Sacrifice > Splinter > Savage > Dead Son Rising > Exile > Jagged
Now do something else, Gary!
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 20 May 2019 18:58 (four years ago) link
by the sounds of this new song...nope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RxebQuFgJY
still, can't ding him too hard for finding something that works for him
― frogbs, Monday, 11 January 2021 19:39 (three years ago) link
latest album is very much in the vein of the last one. I find it hard to rate this stuff since it's plenty impressive on a technical level but there's definitely an element of "heard this all before" which his shitty mid-80s albums didn't have. I'm guessing after a few listens where I can actually pick the songs apart I'll grow to like it more.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 16 June 2021 19:35 (two years ago) link