{"id":657,"date":"2007-07-23T21:50:07","date_gmt":"2007-07-23T20:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=657"},"modified":"2007-07-23T21:52:54","modified_gmt":"2007-07-23T20:52:54","slug":"the-polyphonic-spree-the-fragile-army-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=657","title":{"rendered":"the polyphonic spree &#8211; the fragile army (the continuing story ..)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">well well well.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">having found a copy of <STRONG>the polyphionic  sprees<\/STRONG> new album, <EM>the fragile army<\/EM>,&nbsp;last week, i set  about to find out a little more for the uk side of things. a little digging has  revealed that <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the 23 piece band are to do a tour,  there is a single to be released, the brilliant, <EM>running away, <\/EM>and even  better, is that the album is to get a proper release in august, not just slipped  out onto the shelves as i had originally believed.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">so, today i set about watching the 50 minute film,  <EM>the making of the fragile army ..<\/EM>&nbsp;on the dvd. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">now, i don&#8217;t know about you, but most free dvds are  pretty pointless. well not in this case. watching band leade <EM>tim  delaughter<\/EM> &nbsp;build up the music from basic home made demos, to full  self financed studio tracks across various studios with his various orchestral  sections, and generally falling in love with his own music is a beautiful thing  to watch.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the passion and sheer personal joy he is obviously  experiencing while piano hero <EM>mike garson <\/EM>(google him for reasons as to  why he is just so important to me and tim !) adds a whole new dimension to the  proceedings., and by the end of the film you literally want to blast the album  on at full volume to soak up the experience all over again.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">oh, and in case you hadn&#8217;t realised, there is now a  uk based website (link below), via which you can&nbsp;win a trip to see the band  live later this year in london.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">though being honest, i hope no-one else enters  meaning i get the prize, as the album is easily one of the years best in my  world. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">seriously, this album has hit me hard.  <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the songs a lot more focussed than the bands  previous releases,&nbsp;they&nbsp;are powered up beasts of melodic brilliance,  and raring to go from the outset, with hardly any time for a  breather,&nbsp;several songs build up to intense but enjoyable euphoric rush.  one can only imagine how this must sound when performed live.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the multi-layered instrumentation detailed has been  produced in a clear manner allowing the individual parts to sparkle,  allowing&nbsp;wonderful sonic surprises to be scattered about the stereo  headspace,&nbsp;all of which is counterbalanced with the gospel tinged choral  backing parts that are quite literally spine tingling.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">like i said, this album has hit me hard, easily one  of the years best albums.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>more detail<\/EM> : <A href=\"http:\/\/www.thepolyphonicspreeuk.com\/\">here<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>well well well. having found a copy of the polyphionic sprees new album, the fragile army,&nbsp;last week, i set about to find out a little more for the uk side of things. a little digging has revealed that the 23 piece band are to do a tour, there is a single to be released, the 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