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NewEARS Album Of The Month
"The Tea Club's latest, Chasm, is more of a slow burn to me- a dense, diverse, complicated album that reveals its brilliance over time rather than instantaneously. This could be partially because the last few albums from The Tea Club have had fewer, longer songs. It could also be that, from song to song, there seems to be broad, almost jarring tonal shifts- the beautiful and somber "The Bell Ringer" gives you no time to breathe before the apocalyptic and brilliant "Go To Hell" begins. The frenetic, almost manic "Get the Bullet" , one of the oddest and most interesting tracks on the album, is couched between two absolutely tender ballads, the delicate "Sonata" and the tear-jerking closer of the album, "The Lunar Eclipse"." TH-PLDT
The Tea Club - Chasm "Some prog albums are like epic films: sweeping in scope, vividly plotted, and perfectly crafted to whisk the listener away through time, space, and the folds of the human psyche, with evocative storytelling grand enough to rival any Hollywood blockbuster. Chasm, the sixth album from Philadelphia's The Tea Club, is none of those things. Instead, with an average track length under four minutes, I'd liken it to the weird compilations of short films produced by the National Film Board of Canada—standouts of my childhood media consumption which alternately delighted me, baffled me, and occasionally gave me nightmares. Less a cohesive narrative than a series of vignettes, Chasm is a whimsical, intriguingly anachronistic synthesis of Genesis-era retro prog rock heritage with the off-kilter indie spark that defines much of the modern scene." C-TPS  Essential Track: "Though Chasm's listless shifts are sometimes disorienting, the commotion subsides on album closer "The Lunar Eclipse", where the jumpy rhythms and instrumental brouhaha finally stabilize into a simple waltz tempo. Crystal-clear vocals glide over the arrangement, as though The Tea Club are dimming the lights after a particularly animated seance. It's a lovely, gentle end to the album, proving that all the zigzag rhythms and fragmented detours don't distract from the band's instinct for cogent, emotionally resonant songwriting. Chasm may not offer the sweeping narrative arc of a prog epic, but therein lies its charm. It's a cabinet of curios; an anthology of eccentricities; an idiosyncratic bough on the sprawling family tree of modern prog rock. And just like those weird NFB reels from my childhood, Chasm lingers not because it leads you on a single grand journey, but because each miniature leaves behind its own unmistakable afterimage." C-TPS Read the full reviews on Proglodytes , and The Progressive Subway. Listen and watch the videos on the band's YouTube Channel. Buy the Album from Bandcamp, or wherever great Prog music is sold. NewEARS Art Rock Series
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