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░ ██ ██ Artist: Lonely Robot ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: The Big Dream █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2017 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2017-12-22 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Progressive Rock ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Inside Out Music ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ The second part of the promised trilogy █
█ masterminded by John Mitchell finds our Lonely █
█ Robot astronaut hero, the central character in █
█ the ongoing adventure, emerging from a long period █
█ in stasisà █
█ Whilst not a concept album, The Big Dream and its █
█ core theme follow directly on from the 2015 Lonely █
█ Robot debut, Please Come Home, in documenting the █
█ adventures of the character of The Astronaut. █
█ Judging the album by its cover, our hero is █
█ pictured in a scene of discovery, awaking from a █
█ cryogenic sleep in deep space and finding himself █
█ a woodland surrounded by animal headed figures. █
█ Yes, itÆs all very Midsummer NightÆs Dream; a █
█ scene and concept that Mitchell has described as █
█ ôsomething of a solipsistic haze.ö █
█ This time round thereÆs a tighter knit band in █
█ stark contrast to the all star cast that █
█ contributed to Please Come Home. Tighter knit to █
█ the extent that a description of æless is moreÆ █
█ seems an extravagance; aided on this set just by █
█ his FROST* team mate Craig Blundell on drums, the █
█ pair have the luxury of bringing in Liam Holmes █
█ keyboards and TiltÆs Steve Vantsis on bass for █
█ live shows yet thereÆs no compromise in quality █
█ or passion for the project at all. The transition █
█ is seamless. █
█ The cover art matches perfectly the short opening █
█ Prologue (Deep Sleep) open that comes as a gentle █
█ otherworldly overture and disembodied vocal intro █
█ before the blast of Awakenings. Once the needle █
█ drops, The Big Sleep delivers archetypal John █
█ Mitchell whoÆs made his presence felt in It Bites, █
█ Arena, Kino and FROST*û bringing to Lonely Robot █
█ what his FROST* pal Jem Godfrey describes as his █
█ epic songwriting. Big slabs of powerful melodic █
█ rock with some progressive leanings accompany █
█ moments of calm and reflection. █
█ Two tracks which have teased the album, Sigma and █
█ Everglow in particular showcase the heavier █
█ melodic rock side while In Floral Green and the █
█ inspirational The Divine Art Of Being, the latter █
█ featuring some lyrical jazzy noodling, give a █
█ glimpse of the more reflective side. The grand █
█ instrumental march of the title track essentially █
█ pulls threads together with an extended guitar █
█ passage heralds the onset of the album closure, █
█ exhorting ôplease come home lonely robotö. It █
█ leads a haven of peace in the Roger Waters-ish █
█ Hello World Goodbye, except with a touch of █
█ pathos, and Epilogue (Sea Beams). █
█ It concludes another highly satisfying piece of █
█ work from the seemingly bottomless John Mitchell █
█ vat of creativity. Another chapter too that leaves █
█ the door open for continuing episodesà █
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░ 1. Prologue - Deep Sleep 2:10 ░
░ 2. Awakenings 5:10 ░
░ 3. Sigma 5:06 ░
░ 4. In Floral Green 5:08 ░
░ 5. Everglow 4:58 ░
░ 6. False Lights 5:33 ░
░ 7. Symbolic 5:06 ░
░ 8. The Divine Art of Being 5:38 ░
░ 9. The Big Dream 8:02 ░
░ 10. Hello World, Goodbye 3:52 ░
░ 11. Epilogue - Sea Beams 2:48 ░
░ 12. In Floral Green (Acoustic Mix) 5:17 ░
░ 13. The Divine Art of Being (Acoustic Mix) 5:40 ░
░ 14. Why Do We Stay (Featuring Kim Seviour) 5:15 ░
░ 69:43 ░
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