MORSE, NEAL - SONGS FROM NOVEMBER (2014 ALBUM/DIGI-PAK)

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Ex SPOCK’S BEARD & current TRANSATLANTIC & FLYING COLORS member with 11 quality songs from the mould of the classic American singer songwriters!

We all know what a great multi-instrumentalist, composer and singer Neal is from his past years with SPOCK’S BEARD, supergroup TRANSATLANTIC and more recently with FLYING COLORS, plus previous Progressive solo albums, but can he cut it in the Singer / Songwriter genre?

So, before we go over to the normal promotional blurb we previously gave you, I need to tell you – having now listened to ‘Songs From November’ from start to finish – that if there was any doubts in anyone’s mind that Neal Morse could turn his hand to being a Singer/Songwriter for one album, and make it work, I can dispel these right now, because this guy really knows how to write and perform quality songs!!

On this album Neal plays a lot of the instruments himself, brining in some guest players here and there. The songs are brilliant lyrically – descriptive and touching words that come from the heart, with real meaning that will strike a chord with many different people. There are strong hooks and big choruses a-plenty and all of this helps to make them accessible to as wide an audience as possible.
There are influences from several styles, and as you would expect, he can’t hide his Prog roots totally from view in some of these tracks, because they tend to sneak through from time to time in some of the arrangements, which is great, and adds a more powerful dimension to these tracks. Apart from that ‘Songs From November’ is pretty much a clean break and it has to be said that Morse has clearly successfully achieved everything he set out to with this album.
I love ‘Songs From November’ and would recommend it to anyone who has albums by any of the classic American Singer / Songwriters in their record collection!
The disc comes in an elegant Digi-Pak with accompanying 8-Page Booklet that includes lyrics and album credits!

Now for the previously issued promotional informative stuff…
Even a style as broad and accepting as Progressive Rock has its boundaries! Prog icon Neal Morse decided to break that mould and create a challenging new album. ‘Songs From November’ may be his bravest outing to date. Musically, creatively, and production-wise, it’s like nothing he’s ever done before!
Can you handle it? - It’s an album of "normal" songs! Songs even your friends might like!

Says Morse: “I listen to a lot of different kinds of music for various occasions…Prog albums when I really want to focus on intricate music…sometimes jazz and classical. But then many times I find myself attracted to singer-songwriter albums like a Jackson Browne or Graham Nash record. So one day I thought to myself…I'd like to make an album like that! 'Songs From November' is that album.”

Morse wrote most of the songs during a flood of ideas in November 2013. He recalls, "They just kept pouring out that month…I don't really know why…but it was great!" After the epic TRANSATLANTIC world tour was completed in March 2014, Morse set out to make ‘November’ a reality, and he would craft differently than anything before.

“I could've gotten together with a bunch of studio musicians and banged this thing out, but I felt like the thing to do was to get together with this young drummer named Gabe Klein and work on it as a team.
He is only 18 years old and amazing! We had a great time recording these songs and many more.
We actually recorded twice as many songs as we needed and picked the best ones. It was the first time I've ever done that and it was very fruitful. I sent out 21 songs to a bunch of different people that I trust and chose from their lists. So that was also a totally new approach for me.”

The final 11 songs are among the best that Neal has ever composed - and the most surprising you will hear. In reinventing himself, he was ready to explore uncharted territory. Are you?

‘Songs From November’ is available now!

NEAL MORSE: SONGS FROM NOVEMBER Track List:

01. Whatever Days (4:46)
02. Heaven Smiled (4:14)
03. Flowers In A Vase (4:15)
04. Love Shot An Arrow (4:18)
05. Song For The Free (4:27)
06. Tell Me Annabelle (4:21)
07. My Time Of Dying (4:36)
08. When Things Slow Down (3:24)
09. Daddy's Daughter (4:44)
10. Wear The Chains (4:04)
11. The Way Of Love (4:31)

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