On the sixth day of Christmas

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On the sixth day of Christmas music gave me by far the finest release of the year, the Luck of Eden Hall's 'Make Way for the Mighty Machines'.  Epic, immense, majestically sweeping, all could be used to describe this track, and none would really do it justice, though they'll do for a start. I'd heard a review copy early in the year and couldn't wait for its release which wasn't until October. 'Make Way for the Mighty Machines' is a 23 minute long opus, man, epic is just what it is, so many different elements at play, so many diverse musical styles blended beautiful to create a fabulous whole, it's horizons huge. From it's opening lyric 'we're the resistance, we wont give in, to corporation blight' you know there something more to this track than just music, it's a heart felt message too. It's a rallying cry in the face of the developing storm born of capitalisms failings that's engulfing the globe. I see the track as an anthem for positivity as disobedience to the prevailing negative mainstream narratives as projected through a corrupt corporate media, it urges us to 'discard all negative thoughts' pumped at through our TV screens, it reminds us that those TV's are not our friends. It doesn't just illustrate the problems, it suggests solutions, 'let's share a message of love', is a salient message there in, it's an important message that the Luck of Eden Hall are delivering here, and it reminds us that 'numbers give us the power' to effect change, together.  Our culture needs more musicians who'll give positive focus and a voice to our feeling of disenfranchisement. Well, that's how I see it anyway. As for the music itself, well, there are elements of psych rock and punk sensibilities flowing through strong undercurrents of prog grandeur, it's a vast canvas and every inch of that canvas bathed in a myriad of musical colour and flavour.  It's immense, in sound and in scope, every instrument is played to perfection.  It's a legit musical masterpiece, man! And on this occasion the Luck of Eden Hall is just one man, which makes it even more outstanding, an incredibly talented man, Gregory Curvey. Gregory wrote it, produced it, mixed it, he plays guitar, bass, drums, synth and delivers vocals, all to the highest of standards; I don't doubt he made the tea as well. There's no end to this guys talents. No, really! He's also a fantastic artist and craftsman, on top of which, I had the pleasure of meeting back in the year, and he's a bloody nice chap, to boot; don't you just hate people like that.  As I say, by far the finest release of the year, grab yourself a copy, you wont regret it. This release is a split on the B side of which are 3 tracks by Red Sun, which are also rather good.