Re: quite the glowing review!

[robert vanportfleet <lyciummusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

that may be true with people....i just think for myself personally, there's
no point in doing a review if you're only going to say "it sucks" or "it's
good". to me the whole point of a review is to let people know what they're
in for so they can either say "well, that's not up my alley" or "wow, that
sounds interesting, i'm gonna check that out".  also, a lot of reviewers
will say "this sucks" and then not explain why...and vice versa. the man who
wrote that review isn't on this list either, to my knowledge.

different strokes for different folks

tara
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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 18:32:53 -0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
> To: <lycia@support-cause.lists.darkspire.net>
> Subject: Re: quite the glowing review!
> 
> of coarse, just giving my opinion as a fellow reviewer, that people tend to
> lose interest after the 3rd hundred word
> 
> 
> 
> Azriel J. Knight
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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?
> 
> xox tv xox
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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
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> 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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>> production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid."
>> -- Frank Zappa
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