FEATURED CD: Citizen Cain - Somewhere But Yesterday

[Czyszy]

I listened to Strange Barbarians on repeat while drawing today. This 10+ minute mini epic is fricking marvelous!

[Czyszy]

To Gaia, a son
The last born
Cain, the slayer
The blind one
The walker of shadows
Of thy brothers and sisters
That walk, crawl, fly and swim
Why do they shun you so
Outcast!
To them the gatherers of souls
Trakydanites
Lords of perception
Summoned by the cries of their mother
In the darkness they found her
Wrapped in a shroud
In rage plunged into the veil
Downward to lifeless bones
Rivers seas forests still with silence
Still with lifelessness
And they wept
And the weeping heavens
Countless souls
Like crows gathered in the high regions
The rain their tears
As the Mother dies, so the children
Woe unto you, Cain
Woe unto you, Man

[JKL2000]

To Gaia, a son
The last born
Cain, the slayer
The blind one
The walker of shadows
Of thy brothers and sisters
That walk, crawl, fly and swim
Why do they shun you so
Outcast!
To them the gatherers of souls
Trakydanites
Lords of perception
Summoned by the cries of their mother
In the darkness they found her
Wrapped in a shroud
In rage plunged into the veil
Downward to lifeless bones
Rivers seas forests still with silence
Still with lifelessness
And they wept
And the weeping heavens
Countless souls
Like crows gathered in the high regions
The rain their tears
As the Mother dies, so the children
Woe unto you, Cain
Woe unto you, Man

Sorry, I don't understand this. Can you explain?

Also, I now have to listen to this album thanks to you bumping the thread!

Peter, I see what you meant about Xyrus' - he never actually sings on the album, he pulls a Rex Harrison (AKA a Richard Burton). I've always liked the vocals, except NOW I'm always going to notice this!

[TheH]

Another funny Marillion connection:

the bands original drummer Gordon Feenie was a school mate of Fish and had an audition as a
replacement for Pointer with Marillion. According to Fish he blew that one most likely on purpose.

[moecurlythanu]

Sorry, I don't understand this. Can you explain?

It's the spoken word bit at the very end of one of the songs, which is a little tough to make out.

Thanks for the transcription, Czyszy.

[aith01]

It's the spoken word bit at the very end of one of the songs, which is a little tough to make out.

Thanks for the transcription, Czyszy.

Yeah, I never knew what all the words were -- in fact, I had completely forgotten about that song.

Revisiting Somewhere but Yesterday this morning for the first time in quite a while. I really have a soft spot for this album, especially "Jonny Had Another Face" and "To Dance the Enamel-Faced Queen".

[Czyszy]

That spoken word part followed by an explosion is such a killer way to end an album.

[Czyszy]

There's the section called "The Labyrinth Penumbra" in the title epic and it features this dual "binaural" sorta lead vocal part by Cyrus. At some point there are two lead vocal lines panned hard left and hard right respectively, playing simultaneously. So, unless you're a master at multitasking, if it's your first hearing, to really get the whole picture, you gotta listen to that section twice. I do understand that some people might find it a bit distracting, but I really like it. It adds replay value and nicely illustrates the "voices in one's head" effect. Also, I think it was a spectacularly clever move to have those dual vocals "collapse" at the rhymed phrases "call you/at all" before the band moves onto the following part of the epic called "All the Sin's Men".