Transatlantic Recording NEW ALBUM!!!!

Gandalf1986 · April 17, 2009, 11:51:50 AM

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This is excellent news if somewhat unexpected! I trust Neal Morse won't be singing about God and Jesus all the time on this new album though... :|

AMEN to that, brother... :-)

+1!

I hope he will be singing about having a beer, smoking a cigarette, eating teacakes...

RWA · April 17, 2009, 12:10:32 PM

Quote from: "Pajter"I was at the 013 show they shot for their last DVD. Such a memorable evening.

Me too!

Very excited about this!!! :mrgreen:

The Cosmic Lawnmower · April 17, 2009, 01:14:08 PM

Quote from: "Bert"
Quote from: "MikeEvs"
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Quote from: "MikeEvs"Was super lucky to see Transatlantic live although I remember somebody here wasn't overly impressed with their live DVD I guess you had to be there and be a fan. I'd go see them again without hesitation

Me too! Were you at the Astoria gig? That is probably my second favourite gig of all time...

Yes I was, small world :lol:

So was I

Me too!! Was it me or was Roine not a happy bunny that night?

Dodie · April 17, 2009, 02:07:56 PM

Oh happy day! The best reformation news in ages

I love their two studio albums, and, even though I am a Christian, it will be great to hear Neal Morse sing about something else, or at least use allegory with a bit more subtlety. It will also be nice to hear Pete Trewavas flexing his prog muscles again.

I wasn't keen on Transatlantic's first live album (patchy and under-rehearsed, to my ears), but the second one was fab. I didn't get or watch the DVDs - the TV in our house is democratically controlled and rationed (which basically means I don't get to watch any prog LOL).

I reckon that twenty 4-minute prog songs is actually do-able

In fact, if they managed 15 short songs, then one 20-minute epic would surely be forgiveable :evil:

Cheers,

David

keithd · April 17, 2009, 04:27:40 PM

Fantastic news, hopefully they'll tour and I'll get to see them at last

Pajter · April 17, 2009, 05:16:02 PM

I do hope they'll take their time for this. Not like how Dream Theater craps out an entire album in just two weeks.

MikeEvs · April 17, 2009, 05:37:34 PM

Quote from: "The Cosmic Lawnmower"
Quote from: "Bert"
Quote from: "MikeEvs"
Quote from: "LivingForever"
Quote from: "MikeEvs"Was super lucky to see Transatlantic live although I remember somebody here wasn't overly impressed with their live DVD I guess you had to be there and be a fan. I'd go see them again without hesitation

Me too! Were you at the Astoria gig? That is probably my second favourite gig of all time...

Yes I was, small world :lol:

So was I

Me too!! Was it me or was Roine not a happy bunny that night?

From what I can remember early in the set his guitar was a little quiet in the mix and I couldn't really hear him that well it got better as the night went on but maybe it was that not that I suppose he'd know what the sounds was like for me up on the balcony :lol:

wickedwitch · April 18, 2009, 08:47:24 AM

not heard much by them but i give anything with bouncy pete in a go.

RWA · April 18, 2009, 10:29:11 AM

Quote from: "Dodie"........ it will be great to hear Neal Morse sing about something else, or at least use allegory with a bit more subtlety.

Yes please.
BTW, wasn't that the reason he stopped working with TA? I wonder what has changed......

Tricky · April 18, 2009, 10:44:40 AM

Quote from: "RWA"
Quote from: "Dodie"........ it will be great to hear Neal Morse sing about something else, or at least use allegory with a bit more subtlety.
Yes please.
BTW, wasn't that the reason he stopped working with TA? I wonder what has changed......

Maybe it was some sort of schism in the church of TA. After all Roine Stolt is rather keen on the religious imagery as well. Perhaps his is just the wrong sort... :twisted:

gr8gonzo · April 19, 2009, 04:41:59 AM

It was my belief that at the time Neal chose to part with all other bands, he simply wanted to focus his energy on his new project. My initial reaction was that surely he had enough creative energy to do his thing and still be involved in SB and TA. Perhaps now he's decided he has room for it.

RWA · April 19, 2009, 07:49:29 AM

Quote from: "gr8gonzo"It was my belief that at the time Neal chose to part with all other bands, he simply wanted to focus his energy on his new project. My initial reaction was that surely he had enough creative energy to do his thing and still be involved in SB and TA. Perhaps now he's decided he has room for it.

No no no... it was much more serious then that I'm afraid. :?
God told him to finish "Snow" and then leave SB. I'm not kidding. He said that in his statement back then and it's also on the "making of Snow" DVD. Then Neal realized he HAD to devote his life to God and that it became impossible for him to sing about anything else then "him". That's how it went. Besides, he became (deeply) religious back in the late 90's when his daugther kinda magically cured from a pretty serious heart condition. This is a story he told at the "Testimony" gigs.

Anyway! I'm very glad though he's back. I mean, I respect the man (very nice guy and extremely talented) and kept following his career closely but grow a bit tired of both the lyrics and the music lately. I think a lot of fans did. And fact is he was way more succesfull with SB and TA then during his solo career. A lot of old school fans "left" him and word is he doesn't seem to fit into the praise community/genre. Lot's of money can be made there but praise prog doesn't seem to be awfully succesfull.

Geetar · April 19, 2009, 11:35:14 AM

Quote from: "RWA"praise prog doesn't seem to be awfully succesfull.

That comment encapsulates so many levels of truth and humour that I don't even know where to begin.

RWA · April 19, 2009, 11:51:27 AM

Quote from: "Geetar"
Quote from: "RWA"praise prog doesn't seem to be awfully succesfull.

That comment encapsulates so many levels of truth and humour that I don't even know where to begin.

Yeah, I think the phrase comes from the book of Genesis, 6:13. Left page if I remember correctly.

Diffidentia · April 20, 2009, 08:49:00 AM

Great news! Almost worth finding my bottle of Glenfiddish and celebrate but I think I'll leave that for the next rebirth of Morse's Christianity. He's a really nice guy (though?), even though he did fondle my Snow Limited Edition case and wrote "God Bless" all over it. A simple "Neal Morse" would suffice, thanks