Now that VdGG are functioning as a three-piece - with the absence of David Jackson on saxaphone - the new VdGG album is noticably different from previous releases. The main difference is the shorter song lengths. On Trisector there are nine songs of which only one is over 10-minutes long, but what a song, 'Over the Hill' is just one of the stand out tracks on this release. The band have really got to grips with being a three-piece after their 2007 tour which first introduced us to the songs, 'Lifetime' and 'All That Before'.
As stated in other reviews this album does have some simpler musical passages than you'd expect to find on a VdGG album but it also contains some of their most complex playing to date. Hugh Banton's organ work is phenomenal throughout and Guy Evans' drumming is in a class of its own, with Peter Hammill's guitar and soaring vocals rounding off the sound.
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Now that VdGG are functioning as a three-piece - with the absence of David Jackson on saxaphone - the new VdGG album is noticably different from previous releases. The main difference is the shorter song lengths. On Trisector there are nine songs of which only one is over 10-minutes long, but what a song, 'Over the Hill' is just one of the stand out tracks on this release. The band have really got to grips with being a three-piece after their 2007 tour which first introduced us to the songs, 'Lifetime' and 'All That Before'.
As stated in other reviews this album does have some simpler musical passages than you'd expect to find on a VdGG album but it also contains some of their most complex playing to date. Hugh Banton's organ work is phenomenal throughout and Guy Evans' drumming is in a class of its own, with Peter Hammill's guitar and soaring vocals rounding off the sound.
This new VdGG release is the start of a new phase for the band and if you get the chance to see them on their upcoming tour you won't be disappointed. They are, quite simply, the best British band you've never heard of.