Prickly Pear - Medley
Please enjoy the samples from Prickly Pear
Released February 6, 2009
We would like to thank you all for your support, kind comments and
good reviews of All Along This
Land.
For many moons, The Source has been in the midst of a gigging
hiatus, for our time has been dedicated to the writing and recording of our
second studio work. The record consists of five pieces, each ranging from five
to fifteen minutes in length, for a total of about forty-eight minutes of our
most diverse sounding music yet. Recorded and produced at Cloverland Studios in
In the early stages of writing the new music, Nico Photos was
still The Source's bass guitar player, and when the lineup changed to its
current status, we could not help but make some adjustments to our course. When
we began putting together the music for this record, our notion was to make a
concept album, centered around the idea of the "night." There was to be a
two-part epic entitled "From Dusk Until Dawn," which was to be the centerpiece
of the album, but it was omitted when the direction of the record changed during
the latter stages of creation. "Star Dreamer" and "Until Morning Time," the
second and third tracks of the disk were the first two to be created, both being
associated with the night sky, elements of dusk, dreams and intangible journeys,
and the changes that occur as the darkness fades and the morning comes.
The concept of the album evolved into something different though,
as "Castles in The Sky" and "Thin Air" were being written, and as Paul Long
joined the group. These songs drew more from fantasy, romanticism, and
adventure-influenced themes and were clearly very musically different than
anything we had written previously. The idea of the album as a whole really
started to shift winds at this point. Still, the album needed a name, and we
were stumped for a long time. We landed, eventually, on Prickly Pear, a
common species of cactus found throughout most of the
Post-production was great fun and very interesting with Billy
Sullivan as our producer. The fantastic artwork for this record was done by our
great friend Nico Photos, who has always been such a pleasure to work with. The
making of this record has been a hard and great adventure. All that being said,
here are some samples of our sophomore record, Prickly
Pear.
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…And so the Sage of the Summit lay
down his pipe
and paced several steps over to just North of the Great
Oak
to see what The Sound had been.
He was forced to doubt what he
beheld,
for in front of his eyes the Valley inhaled and exhaled
slowly in
Rhythm with the Dawn,
and space shattered into fragments that
collapsed
suddenly yet Flowingly into Infinite Spirals of bright
color.
Fierce winds raged fervently
as the Ancient Mammalian Cloud creatures descended
Wellwards towards the tranquil cove of the
What he Perceived was
no ordinary Sight.
He ate nothing all year but a Prickly Pear,
and proclaimed before those who had gathered there:
"Exit right thru the
Focus strong on it
now. You're Electric.
With
Morning, leaves things Far much worse
…All I
know."
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