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1 CENT CD: Sequoia 'Ebb & Flow' 2005 UK band
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1 CENT CD: Sequoia 'Ebb & Flow' 2005 UK band
CONDITION OF CD: Mint Condition!
Artist(s): Sequoia
Title: Ebb Flow
Released: 2005
Tracks: 12
Label: High Desert Music
Format: CD
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One review reads 'They’ve recently had a song played on Radio 2’s The Green Room, been interviewed by Melinda Messenger and recorded a session for the Dave Lee Travis show on BBC Three Counties Radio. Things are certainly looking good for the Sequoia boys and with the release of their new album, 'Ebb Flow', it seems it’s just going to get better and better.
The first 3 tracks offer one story after another…the holiday fling in ’September Sun’, and how life can pass you by in ‘The Boy Who Saved The World’. But the first narration, ‘Laura Valentine’ immediately captured me in the tale of a boy’s infatuation with a girl who just wants a bit of space. “And she just kissed my face, but in my dreams she’d call my name, I’d turn and there I’d stay”.
Vocalist, Andy Stedman sings with such sincerity you can’t help but believe that some of the disappointments he’s singing about are actually personal accounts of past events from his life. I defy anyone not to relate to some of the deep lyrical content of this album such as “I can’t believe you blame me for wanting to be free now that you’ve tried to change me, don’t you realise you can’t re-arrange me in to a mirror image of you”.
This is a collection full of surprises and the sudden changes in pace throughout certainly keep you on your toes. At first I found it a little odd that there were so many twists and turns in melody. But after a few listens it dawned on me what a clever tactic the Sequoia lads had stumbled upon when recording this album. Whether it was intended or not is pure speculation, but nonetheless it appears to have worked. The beautiful ballads send you drifting off into daydreams where your mind creates the mental image of each character within each chapter and then suddenly you fall back to earth with a crash as your attention is demanded by heavier sounds such as ‘Smile To Take’ and ‘Brand New Plan’. So not only do you appreciate the profound lyrical content of the tracks whilst inhabiting your fairytale land, you also get to savour the individual musical flair of each band member…very cunning, yet quite ingenious :o)
I have previously felt that Andy was better suited to writing the songs and providing harmonies rather than being the main vocalist within a band, but I will be the first to hold my hands up and say I was wrong. Andy’s voice portrays believable emotion and he has no qualms about his British origin and I find the latter a very admirable quality in a performer. In a current music culture where ‘Americanisation’ seems to be the trend, it’s refreshing to hear a song sung in our native tongue.
No matter how hard I try I can find no fault with this first release from Sequoia. Not only are these lads competent musicians in their own right they also, when wearing their Sequoia hats, are so tight the professionalism literally oozes out of each tune.
'Ebb Flow' is an intriguing pastiche of musical genres. One minute you find yourself drifting away on the wings of a beautiful ballad, creating the characters in your mind and the next you’re walloped in the face with a mod/punk intro a’la The Jam or The Undertones and your attention is well and truly caught. Here is a band that wants to be heard and they are definitely going the right way about it, and with the release of a new album under their belt, Sequoia are clearly a band to look out for.'
kyozou
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