Die Woodstocker (New Yorker) Prog Rocker mit dem minimalistischen Namen 3, haben ihr neues, sechstes Album "The Ghost You Gave to Me" in trockene Tücher gebracht.

Das ist gleich auch der Startschuss für das Label des Quartetts Metal Blade, um die Vorbestellungen ans laufen zu bringen und mit "Numbers" die erste Single-Auskopplung daraus zu präsentieren. All das findet ihr auf einer eigens dafür eingerichteten Seite:

http://www.metalblade.com/3/

Sänger, Texteschreiber und Gitarrist Joey Eppard zum neuen Werk:

"The songs told us where to go and the instrumentation followed. We knew this record would be our most progressive but it would be on our terms, and in our own way. As always songwriting and melody are the driving forces behind the sounds capes we generate. I think the biggest challenge was to rise to the occasion lyrically with so many musical scene changes. What I found was that I had to let go and allow the words and melody to be as creative and original as the music, if not more so. In a progressive situation this can be time consuming and indeed the bulk of my efforts were focused on exceeding my own lyrical standards. For example, "Only Child," an eight minute epic that traverses a myriad of musical scenes has enough great lyrics for half a record."

Für das Optische heuerten die Musiker den Künstler Colin Marks an. Hier das Resultat seiner Arbeit:

(VÖ: 7. Oktober 2011)

"The Ghost You Gave to Me" Tracklist:

01. Sirenum Scopuli
02. React
03. Sparrow
04. High Times
05. Numbers
06. One With the Sun
07. The Ghost You Gave to Me
08. Pretty
09. Afterglow
10. It's Alive
11. Only Child
12. The Barrier