So, it starts with "Curtains," a great short instrumental to start the album with. "Change of Time" is next, with soft guitar in the background which is audible, but is not the focus until about a minute and forty-five seconds where the guitar comes out in the forefront. The beat is low, but steady, and keeps the song going. Repetitive Chorus, as it is basically "time, love (x3) it's only a change of...," but when isn't a chorus repetitive. However the last minute repeats nothing but the chorus ,so that's kind of annoying, but I like the song. The next song "The Curse" has piano playing in a vaudeville style and light strings,no percussion in this one, but a nice song it is. We have some light horns that show up around three, then get bored,but they return right before the song is over to send us off into "Southern Pacifica." There is a nice strumming style which causes visions of travelling by canoe, a great beat, and some harp(ischord) or is that a synthesizer? Another good song it is. "Rattling Locks" can be a pain, but these locks have a nice beat, and a great guitar part, a good flow. This song oozes sincerity and seems to deal with a relationship gone sour, and he refers to the subject as a black hole asking " are your eyes as empty as they look?." The distortion, and the refrain of black hole in the song strengthen it as well. Can it work out? We know that if he would rather spend a day in h(#)ll than to rattle her locks we can figure out that it is over. The next song is more positive, at least the instrumentals make it feel so, despite the title "Folk Bloodbath." A nice beat, light strings and/ or sythesizer, with a short but sweet inflection of horns or trumpet at the 3 and a half minute mark.Is that a glock around four forty? "Lock" has nice guitar, and a positive vibe, again I feel I am on a boat..sailing this time! A great song to listen to while sailing; contemplative, hey-ey-ey-ey? I agree yes, this song is light yes, you can be assured yes, that it does not s(t)ink. Banjos begin "Lantern" and serve as the oil to keep this light aflame, piano and organ helps to back up the repeating strumming pattern of the banjo. However, around two and a half minutes the banjo fades and drums take over with guitar comin' in and the piano coming a little bit louder. The synergy is great, so great that organs want to join too, and do so with ease. Now with a song called "The Remnant," you have to guess the song is reaaal serious, the instrumentals play as somewhere in between , but the collective power of the guitar and the beat , repetitive but effective cause the focus to be on lyrics; one of my favorite lines would be "the pillars of creation where they make the planets /The billion tiny teeth that tear the charge from your atoms." The delivery with the slight vocalics-reverb works well. Speaking of creation, we get to "See How A Man Is Made" in the next song, with sincere melancholy vocals and minimal instrumentation, its power follows the less is more mentality, and anything else added to the song would only ruin it, and weaken the power of the vocal delivery. This is the longest song off the record: "Another New World" starts off with a great intro, and follows the same mentality of less is more, with a contemplative delivery, and his search for the Annabelle Lee. Around 5:48 the percussion and piano starts to pick up and almost has the listener sailing on the keys of the piano instead of the waves of the water,and i 'm not sure but is that tenor sax and glockenspiel at the end?great ending to a great song. "Orbital" has a nice beat to this song (kinda punky) with arpegiating piano? no, but the repetition of the piano keys and the guitar make for a change in delivery.Light-hearted, and a joy to listen too, almost makes one think of "Ring Around The Rosie." Strum those "Long Shadows" away, and go steadfast! the pace is quicker than some of the other songs, add percussion about a minute before the song ends and you got for a short ,sweet song with a positive tone and message. It is the shortest song clocking in at 2:20, but is a nice way to end the record. Best Songs: Curtains, Change of Time,Southern Pacifica, Rattling Locks, Folk Bloodbath, Lock, Lantern,The Remnant, Another New World,Orbital.
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