Steve Ison – The Stars Are Never Really Distant
From the very first bass note of If I Met You Again, Steve lays into intimacy and reaches out and grabs you with the infectious hook of a chorus. Spirited guitar work equals the mood and the Ison adventure is underway!
Take a blues rock musical attitude and add a smile and that's Golden Pie. I dare you to sit still listening to this one ...
Lou Reed travels the alternative pop rock arena with a flashback sound and a message less subliminal than it appears at first glance. Moving, grooving and just right - right down to the violin twinged outro!
Invention of familiar and comforting melody without sounding contrived nor pretentious ... that's The Strangest Feeling. A saturated but silky and organic arrangement makes this just a great "feel good" song.
Moving onto a more haunting mood, Girl On The Train offers sweet but slightly dark acoustic undertones and a romantic look at the landscape of poetry Steve weaves into his original and catchy melody.
Stripped, a bit raw and completely personalized, I Know A Good Thing invites you in, sits you down, offers you solace and then disappears just when you've gotten incredibly comfortable ... it leaves you wanting much much more of the same ...
Fresh and exciting, Step In My Direction employs an eclectic arrangement of instrumental voices to create a fabric of sound that simply wraps around your ears and your soul and makes you feel you've had a musical orgasm!
Destination is a painting of colors and moods that groove into you and force you to feel the story with it's possibilities endlessly offering hope.
Sweet falsetto vocals, driving beat, unique melody and intimate acoustic work move Train Of Thought into a whole different territory for you ... it moves the imagination.
Scenes From Palacio is a tune that makes you move every little muscle in your body unconsciously. A strange but eerily accessible melody couples itself with an ideal backbeat and some flashback guitar work to pull you in, massage you and hold you there ...
Hopeful but slightly darkened by the mood of the piece, Sailingboat is a song that echos itself all around you ... almost making you think you're living the part - and in fact, you are.
The last track of the cd is the title track, The Stars Are Never Really Distant. An instrumental filled with texture, melody and intimacy ... a fitting end to a wonderful portrait "of" and "by" a great indie musician.
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