MORSE, NEAL -BAND- - SIMILITUDE OF A DREAM (2CD-2016 STUDIO ALBUM)

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Over 100 amazing minutes of Prog storytelling that’ll leave you breathless, exhilarated, amused and fulfilled in a way that only inspired music can!

To describe it all, here's a bit of proper OTT press from Neal, Mike and their PR agency.
In these days when everything is perfect, can we believe the hyperbole? Sure hope so!

"Up and over... now the BIG ONE! The first of its kind. The juggernaut flagship masterwork from the Neal Morse Band – ‘Similitude Of A Dream’. This is the double concept album fans of Progressive Rock have been waiting for, whether they know it or not.”
This is the 2nd studio release from the collective minds of Prog legends Neal Morse and Mike Portnoy, with their resident cohort Randy George and relative newcomers Eric Gillette and Bill Hubauer.

Mike Portnoy says, "OMG... I am BLOWN AWAY… I am completely FLOORED ... By the time I was rounding the album's grand finale, the goosebumps were so overwhelming I actually uncontrollably wept like a baby!!! (I swear...) In my 30+ year career, I consider myself to have made two masterpiece concept albums: DREAM THEATER’s ‘Scenes From A Memory’ & TRANSATLANTIC’s ‘The Whirlwind’...
Ladies & Gentlemen, in my opinion, we have ABSOLUTELY TOPPED them both! THIS is THE ALBUM of mine (& Neal’s) careers ... it's so monumentally EPIC and perfect in every way..."

The journey of Neal Morse has seen three decades of musical accomplishments, the latest being the inception of the NEAL MORSE BAND. Morse has forged many relationships over the years with his other bands, SPOCK’S BEARD, FLYING COLORS and TRANSATLANTIC. However, the most compelling and fruitful efforts have been those with drummer Mike Portnoy (WINERY DOGS, FLYING COLORS, TRANSATLANTIC, ex-DREAM THEATER).

Now the current line-up of the Neal Morse Band, Morse, Portnoy, bassist Randy George, keyboardist Bill Hubauer and guitarist Eric Gillette - brings forth ‘Similitude Of A Dream’, a concept album that defies the genre. It is the 8th studio album with Morse, Portnoy and George, and the 2nd as a true collaboration with this current line-up.

“’Similitude Of A Dream’, is loosely and sometimes directly based on the book: ‘Pilgrim’s Progress’ by John Bunyan”, explains Neal Morse. “The book's original title was: ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress From This World To That Which Is To Come, Delivered Under The Similitude Of A Dream’, and was originally published in 1678. The book chronicles the spiritual journey of a man from the City of Destruction to a place of Deliverance. Someone had suggested to me that I do a concept album based on this book, but I kind of forgot about it. Then when I began writing new songs last December, the suggestion came to my mind. I had never read the book, so I Googled the SparkNotes story outline and began to write some little song bits and instrumentals based on what I had read. Those bits combined with the ideas that the other guys brought to the table then miraculously exploded into this double concept album."

‘Similitude Of A Dream’ is also available as a Double CD & Single DVD Set – Stock # 1903572
‘Similitude Of A Dream’ is also available as a Triple 180gm Vinyl LP & Double CD Package – Stock # 1903573

‘Similitude Of A Dream’ is released on 11th November 2016.

NEAL MORSE BAND: SIMILITUDE OF A DREAM 2CD Track List:

CD 1:
01. Long Day
02. Overture
03. The Dream
04. City Of Destruction
05. We Have Got To Go
06. Makes No Sense
07. Draw The Line
08. The Slough
09. Back To The City
10. Ways Of A Fool
11. So Far Gone
12. Breath Of Angels
TPT - 51:59

CD 2:
01. Slave To Your Mind
02. Shortcut To Salvation
03. Man In The Iron Cage
04. Road Called Home
05. Sloth
06. Freedom Song
07. I'm Running
08. The Mask
09. Confrontation
10. The Battle
11. Broken Sky / Long Day Reprise
TPT - 54:36