Ten - Evermore
2nd September, 2007 by Chewbacca
Mythic tales of fire, dragons, swords and Evermore - it doesn’t get more fantasy than this! Today’s track comes for the epic-sounding progressive rock band Ten, who we’ve seen once before. Ten’s “Evermore” comes from the aptly titled “Return to Evermore” - Ten’s seventh studio album released in 2004 - complete with what you might expect of a Ten album - fantasy concept, heavy hitting AOR, even the typical album cover. It’s a good song, and if you liked the last one, you’ll enjoy this one too. Here’s “Evermore”:
Thunder, the British blues rock band we 
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Aqualung, A.K.A. Matt Hales from merry ol’ England came to the public eye when his top track, “Strange and Beautiful” was used on an advert for the VW Beetle in 2002, and in the US for the song “Brighter than Sunshine” which was used in the film A Lot Like Love. But of course, you’ve probably heard them before - so let’s play a lesser-known but just-as-awesome track from his eponymous debut album, entitled “Good Times Gonna Come”:
Today’s song was recommended by my friend David who had this very astute sentence to say: “I’ve got a banging song you can put on Something Chewie!” I couldn’t say no, so here we are with The Cult’s “Painted On My Heart”. You’ve most likely heard about their background, so there’s no need to go into detail - but this song was released in 2000 after their reunion from their 4 year hiatus, and was part of the soundtrack to the film “Gone in 60 Seconds”. It’s rocking, so give it a listen!
It might seem a stretch to describe a song as all gentle, short and epic, but Thirteen Sense’s “Undivided” is just that, on top of everything else. The band, if you haven’t heard of them are from Cornwall, UK and formed in 2003, with two albums to date: 2004’s “The Invitation” where today’s track comes from and “Contact” which was released earlier this year. Both are amazing albums, although I have more of a fond spot for the earlier. As a little interesting tidbit I gleaned from Wikipedia, Thirteen Senses are the only band to have a top 20 single in the UK. Hope that persuades you to listen to today’s brilliant track:
Porcupine Tree are a fabulous British progrock band started back in 1987 and in that time grown from strength to strength and released nine studio albums, their latest in April of this year. Today however, I’m going to play you one of their tracks which isn’t quite as proggy as the rest of their material, but its a brilliant song that was only released as a bonus track on the Europen release of their popular - and first major-label release - 2002 “In Absentia” album. It’s a dreamy, poppy, rocky, whatchamacallit song with dark undertones but amazingly upbeat melody. I have the urge to listen to it all the time, even though it is a bit of a departure from their more traditional tracks. Enjoy Porcupine Tree’s “Drown with Me”:
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Leeds-based “Vib Gyor” got their big break in 2005 when their tracks started to receive airplay on several national radio stations, notably BBC Radio 1, where the track “Fallen” has received significant playings. Formed in 2004, they’ve put out four EPs and two singles, most recently in March of this year with “The Secret”. The music is best described as mellow post rock / art rock reminiscent of Sigur Rós with Radiohead stylings. This track, “Silence” is both haunting and beautiful:
Yes, I did go quiet and miss a couple of days - I must apologise! And I must also thank Kevin for getting a Chewier entry so my oh-so sudden departure from the blogging world could be somewhat softened. Yeah, I’ll shut up now. Here we have “Starsailor” - to any British citizen, you’ve no doubt heard them already. After three popular albums peaking at #2 in the UK charts, and a fourth in the works, they have made a name for themselves. But this is one of those awesomely-awesome, powerful songs that I just need to get out there and show the world. It’s definitely melancholic, but its a beautiful piece of music that I always love listening to. Please, please enjoy “Way to Fall”:
Sam Brookes, a singer/songwriter from Bath, presents a nice and easy going compound of folk and blues in creating his songs. Armed only with his guitar, occasionally a harmonica and his grand voice, he apparently gives quite a performance. My girlfriend who 
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