Art Rock Show – Dominic Sanderson – Blazing Revelations (Week 15)

Dominic Sanderson, een jonge muzikant uit Wakefield (UK), haalt inspiratie uit Engelse bands als King Crimson, Pink Floyd en Marillion. In februari 2023 bracht Sanderson een album uit met de titel Impermanence. Het is een conceptalbum dat is beïnvloed door de klassieke progressieve rock sound van de jaren 70, maar met een eigentijds randje.

TheEliteExtremophile review: “Two years later, he’s back with his sophomore release, Blazing Revelations. Sanderson, covering guitar and vocals, is backed by four additional musicians, including a dedicated wind instrumentalist. The music maintains its dark edge, but he is much more clearly drawing directly from Van der Graaf Generator than on his previous release.

Bouncing, chunky clavinet lines kick off “From the Weeping Cradle”, the first half of which is an enthralling instrumental. Wonky guitar and sax lines call to mind more avant-leaning prog acts, but it soon descends into a melodic passage full of swooping Mellotron, fluttering flute, and acidic guitar passages. This opening passage morphs several more times. It slows down and features some intricate percussion; it picks things up with a funky groove; and some passages teeter on dissolving into pure chaos. There are a lot of ideas crammed into the first six minutes of this song, and I don’t want to call it disjointed. I love it, it’s really fun, and that diversity is a major strength. But at the same time, it can feel like it’s pulling in almost too many directions. Thankfully, a handful of motifs are revisited throughout its runtime, lending it a bit more coherence than it might otherwise have. (…)

Blazing Revelations is a more ambitious record than Impermanence, and I really like it overall. However, in deciding to put forward fewer but longer songs, Dominic Sanderson also took a structural risk, musically. The music on this record is all great, but the first two songs especially can feel somewhat scattershot at moments. Despite that, this is an early contender for the top of my nascent best-of-2025 list.”

Naast Dominic Sanderson (Blazing Revelations), Isbjörg (Falter, Endure), K’mono (Mind Out of Mind), Macroscream (Macroscream), Roz Vitalis (The Hidden Man of the Heart), Homunculus Res (Della Stessa Sostanza Dei Sogni) & The Pineapple Thief (What We Have Sown).

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