Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
You might believe you go anywhere for the atmosphere, perhaps even for the sense of enjoyment it might bring you; but it should perhaps be argued that what you are actually doing is weaving yourself into the narrative of the day. Like the tale of the every man that The Moody Blues incorporated with so much progressive majesty in Days of Future Passed, the every person, the sense of creativity that sparks in us all is only waiting for us to imbed our soul into the closeness of the mellotron and the flyers handed out, all proclaiming that the end does not have to come.
Following on from their first two albums, The Mountain Moves and Palimino, Treetop Flyers, mainstays Reid Morrison, Sam Beer and Laurie Sherman, with new addition Rupert Shreeve and guest saxophonist Geoff Thomas Widdowson, have maintained that sense of the every person’s day in their eponymously titled new album.
It is in the art of understanding that not everything is out of reach, that life, whilst changing from day to day, even hour to hour, is still possible to cherish and that a new dimension of pursuit is always available should you wish to chase it down; that is one of the truths of the late 1960s Folk vibes they hold onto in the appreciation of the period, the sense of the organic and realistic and one that is enhanced by the rock addition to the sound.
In the musical pieces Warning Bell, It’s Hard To Understand, the draw of Needle, Sweet Greens & Blues, I Knew I’d Find You and Art of Deception, Treetop Flyers have again taken advantage of their passion and come up with an album that reflects the beauty of the day, that by taking in that sunrise, admiring the sunset and harbouring love for the moon and stars as the night drifts slowly on, the every person can relate too; that there is no sense of exclusion or rejection towards anyone who wishes to experience a new beginning.
As you weave yourself into the day, prepare to feel the love of melancholic optimism, for as the Treetop Flyers show with crafted ease, it is from there a new life can begin. A musically erudite album, one that highlights all that is superb in this band.
Treetop Flyers release their eponymously titled new album on August 24th via Loose.
Ian D. Hall