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Melodic Prog in mid-period FLOYD vein featuring keys legend: Duncan Mackay (THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT, CAMEL, 10CC, COCKNEY REBEL and Kate Bush)
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This edition of ‘Lunacy’ was released via CDS in the UK on the 1st of July 2020 and comes in a 6-Panel Digi-Pak with different artwork to its Japanese counterpart issued earlier in the year.
‘Lunacy’ is an album of original melodic Prog Rock that’s very much reminiscent of mid-later period PINK FLOYD in many respects. To make the music even more authentic sounding, the album was recorded using instrumentation and production techniques that were available in the heyday of 1970’s Progressive music scene.
FLUANCE also features with talents of 70’s / 80’s keyboardist: Duncan Mackay, a musician of the highest order that through the years has served his time with the likes of: THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT, CAMEL, 10CC, COCKNEY REBEL and Kate Bush. He also recorded a couple of solo albums for EMI back in the mid 70’s and went on to produce several Prog albums on his own such as ‘Chimera’ from his base in South Africa.
Now in 2020, Duncan Mackay is back working his magic with UK based Prog Rock project: FLUANCE.
‘Lunacy’ is in general a laid-back melodic Prog album filled with ear-catching hooks and strong melodic playing.
The title track delivers a strong instrumental that’s sound is VERY much in the vein of mid period PINK FLOYD with hi-flying Gilmour-esque guitar solos and brilliant keyboard work, all kicking the album off in impressive fashion.
‘Deprivation’ follows has nice piano intro leading to an effects soaked vocal that develops into an extremely strong harmonic Floydian chorus with gentle echoed electric solo backed with true Hammond organ sounds and rolling bass & drums … all in a style very similar to laid-back FLOYD such as: ‘Us & Them’ and totally brilliant!
‘It Doesn't Matter’ is a remarkably infectious tuneful song that starts with an echoed electric guitar lead, developing with great harmony vocals and contains beautiful guitar melodies that weave gently in and out, soaring high and low as they go – love it!!
‘Hanging Out’ has a kind of MOODY BLUES ‘Threshold Of A Dream’ period feel about it - specifically the track ‘Dear Diary’ I think - with vocal effects and a stereo panning electric guitar solo that will send you spinning back into the late 60’s / early 70’s, all aided by an impressively soaring Hammond overlaying a tight rhythm section followed by a high flying electric guitar solo near the end.
‘Just Call’ opens with gentle guitar and organ passage with laid-back vocals then blossoms out into a really delicious track that features dazzling guitar work that grows over the soundstage in bursts of pure glowing melodic energy as it solos together with infectious synthesizer melodies the middle section.
‘Greatest Friend’ opens with strummed acoustic guitar, organ and background atmospheric effects, and it’s another gentle vocal arrangement with a superb harmonic chorus followed by a nice electric piano contribution from Duncan, and a really FLOYD-like sax part.
‘Then, You Remember’ is another plodding, melodic song with drifting vocals and some great keyboard licks set amid a heady brew of Hammond organ, with some typically Mackay solo synthesizer work in the middle.
‘You Are Not Alone’ starts with atmospheric effects and distant deep bass before panning out into a melodic song led by keyboards, electric and pedal steel-like guitar. There’s a great hook in the vocal on this one, and again its very laid-back with echoed effects mingling amongst swells of rich Hammond sounds. There’s a lot of nice synth and guitar solo spots in the middle and towards the end too.
‘Try Not To Drown’ closes ‘Lunacy’ in style with it’s own ‘Great Gig In The Sky’ type number, with voice effects, lead guitar and organ backdrop leading into a really nice male vocal section and chorus. A synthesizer weaves in and around the vocal before a somewhat familiar sound comes in for the second half as a piano introduces that soaring female wordless vocal that swells high and low over swelling organ chords and then completes with a soaring sax solo that all Floyd fans cannot fail to recognise! - If you don’t, you’ve been living on the ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ for the past four decades J
The line-up for ‘Lunacy’ is: Marty Prior (bass), Jane Lane (piano), Philip Lane (lead & backing vocals / piano / synths / guitar / percussion), Jonny Welburn (drums / percussion / backing vocals) and Duncan Mackay (organ / piano / synths).
‘Lunacy’ also features guest players: Barry James Thomas (lead guitar on track 4), Mark Montana (lead & rhythm guitar), Tom Stedman (guitar on track 2), Henrik Lundgren (acoustic guitar on track 5), Tony Skeggs (acoustic guitar on track 4), Steve Cooper (sax), Kerri-Ann Collins aka Kes C (vocals on track 9), Jenni Lane (backing vocals), Henry Lane (intro and outro piano on track 3) and Michael Lane (power tools & piano harp solo on track 8).
‘Lunacy’ was also released in Japan on the 28th of February 2020 in a Mini-LP style Gate-Fold Card Sleeve on the Bell Antique label (Item # 2202165). That edition contains one Bonus Track, which will also be released in an entirely different expanded form on the band’s next UK album.
FLUANCE [feat. DUNCAN MACKAY]: LUNACY UK Digi-Pak CD Track List:
01. Lunacy (4:53)
02. Deprivation (7:26)
03. It Doesn't Matter (3:50)
04. Hanging Out (5:13)
05. Just Call (5:45)
06. Greatest Friend (5:49)
07. Then, You Remember (5:02)
08. You Are Not Alone (5:49)
09. Try Not To Drown (6:04)
TPT – 49:54