Re: quite the glowing review!

["Azriel J. Knight" <azriel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

of coarse, just giving my opinion as a fellow reviewer, that people tend to
lose interest after the 3rd hundred word

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From: The Lycium
Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 06:23:28 PM
To: The Lycium
Subject: Re: quite the glowing review!

perhaps they felt passionate about the album and wanted to expound upon it?

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> From: "Azriel J. Knight" <azriel@support-cause.comatoserose.com>
> Reply-To: The Lycium <lycia@support-cause.lists.darkspire.net>
> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 18:14:11 -0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
> To: <lycia@support-cause.lists.darkspire.net>
> Subject: Re: quite the glowing review!
>
> Theres a lot to be said about Tripping, but your review is a wee bit long
>
>
>
> Azriel J. Knight
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> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: The Lycium
> Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 06:08:07 PM
> To: lycia list
> Subject: quite the glowing review!
>
> Sam?
> Thanks for the promo copy of Lycia's newest. Here is the link for
> the review on MusicTAP. As always, use as you see fit.
> http://www.musictap.net/Lyciatrippingbackintothebrokendays.htm
>
>
>
> Lycia - tripping back into the broken days
> 2002/ 01:04:29 Minutes / 12 Tracks/ Studio
> Release Date: July 9 2002 - Projekt
> Produced by: Mike & Tara Vanportfleet
> Website: www.lyciummusic.com
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Reviewed by Matt Rowe on June 25, 2002
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> With the release of "tripping back into the broken days", Lycia has broken
> new ground and continues to be unmatched, so good at their craft that no
one
> has dared attempt to duplicate. Mike and Tara have returned from a
> retirement with a work so incredibly deep that it frostbites your soul.
> Although they have moved from their home in Ohio to the sunnier climes of
> Arizona the bitter cold of their former home has implanted itself into the
> psyche of their work. And this work has etched its way into my heart. Tara
> has said that this effort is deeply personal. Listening to the music,
> following the lyrics and allowing it to immerse me like a cold and thick
fog
> has left me feeling frightened and alone. I shudder to think of the
reality
> of the written words.
>
> In our lives there is a fearful place to tread; we don't know the paths.
In
> no body of work will you find the lost paths of life so effectively choked
> with the weeds of despair than you will in Lycia's previous works. This
> effort goes beyond that, stepping into the netherworld of hopelessness.
With
> its subtle departure from a more dense fabric of unanswerable questions to
> that of a wispy and gossamer lace curtain blowing in a heated breeze,
> "tripping back into the broken days" goes deep into the outer perimeters
of
> sanity. Where there is no hope, no love, no wish, no understanding. There
is
> only an acceptance of that which appears inescapable.
>
> The cold and singular strum of a guitar opens the song "broken days"
shoving
> us into a cellar of desolation, with an outlook so bleak that even the
> broken days were glorious in comparison. "it's ok to be small", a conjured
> film of the mind that horrifies, commingling images of beauty, natural in
> its depiction, with that of illness and its natural progression, only to
> leave us with the unspooled film flapping in the reel. There is joy in the
> leaving of that which has brought much in the way of misery but pain in
the
> parting of its beauty. There are spirits, lost in their wanderings. There
is
> the ever present winter that freezes emotion.
>
> The music is achingly beautiful in its communication. The vocals of Tara
> VanFlower are masterfully sung, producing an effect that chills the marrow
> of our hearts. The lyrical output of "tripping back into the broken days"
> are effectively haunting in that they shower us with seclusion, allowing
us
> to peek into lives that seemingly are as empty as the house on the cover.
If
> there is redemption, it's in the dreams of "cat and dog". And while the
sun
> does occasionally shine here, it is only to enhance the inner turmoil. I
> wish that I could hold and absorb a modicum of the anguish that emanates
> from the spoken words here, if only to free the trapped inhabitants of the
> nightmare for a fleeting moment but that would only serve to create a new
> song.
>
> The disc features a tri-fold insert upon which are vivid colour photos of
> empty houses, bare trees and blue skies, expert metaphors. All the lyrics
> are here with track listing and credits. While there are no notes, the
> thoughts are easily disseminated by the lyrics and music itself. The
platter
> that holds the CD depicts a picture of empty tracks; the disc itself
> cleverly contains a photo of a train that, when placed in the platter, is
> imposed enough over the track picture to metaphorically speak of escape.
>
> This is an album of brilliance, singular in its meaning and cold to the
> touch. To be absorbed by it chills but it also thrills. Reviews should
never
> be written where Lycia is concerned but rather essays. Lycia must never
> leave us. Their importance is underscored by this release. Thanks to
Projekt
> and to Lycia for giving me the chance to touch something so precious.
>
> Love to all.
>
>
>
>
>
> Lycia:
>
> Mike Vanportfleet:
> Guitars/Music/Vocals
>
> Tara Vanportfleet: Vocals/Music
>
>
> Track Listing
>
>
>
>
> 1. broken days
> 2. it's ok to be small
> 3. the last winter
> 4. asleep in the river
> 5. fades down far
> 6. give up the ghost
> 7. vacant winter day
> 8. gray december desert day
> 9. blue heron
> 10. halfway between here and there
> 11. cat & dog
> 12. pale blue prevails
>
> Sam Rosenthal
>
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