BANCHEE IS A GREAT BAND. I love this album, it includes songs from their first album released in 1969. Great lyrics, good vocals, great rhythm. I would say they are a heavy psychedelic rock band. If I had the voice, the song "Follow a Dream" would be my choice of a serenade session to the one I love. Too bad these bands' lyrics are up to the listener to figure out, aswell. Listen to Banchee.
Album information:
(01) The Night is Calling
(02) Train of Life
(03) As Me Thinks
(04) Follow a Dream
(05) Beautifully Day
(06) Evolmia
(07) I Just don't Know
(08) Hands of a Clock
(09) Tom's Island
(10) John Doe
(11) Willya
(12) 3-4 Song
(13) Thinkin'
(14) Searcher's Life
(15) Iceberg
(16) Children of the Universe
(17) '38'
Band information:
Signed by Atlantic, their 1969 debut "Banchee" teamed the quartet (former Peepl singer/guitarist Peter Alongi, drummer Victor Digilio, rhythm guitarist Jose Miguel deJesus, and bassist Michael Marino) with producers Warren Schatz and Stephen Schlaks. Like much late-1960s product the debut displayed some psych influences (the leadoff, mid tempo number 'The Night Is Calling' has a distinctively trippy feel to it), but the predominant sound was heavy, guitar-powered rock. With all four members contributing material, original numbers such as 'Beautifully Day' (sic), the fuzz guitar-propelled 'Evolmia', 'I Just Don't Know' and the extended 'Tom's Island' offered up a series of high energy guitar powered rockers that were both tuneful and structural interesting. That said, the album was surprisingly diverse. 'Train of Life' sounding like a post-Monkees Mike Nesmith after a week of heavy speed usage, 'Hands of a Clock' had a pseudo-jazzy feel, while the Latin-tinged 'As Me Thinks' recalled early-Santana. Overlooking DiGillo's pompous back cover liner notes, it's a surprisingly enjoyable and not particularly difficult to find debut ... (Original copies include a separate lyric insert.)
Listening to them right now. Great!!!
ReplyDeletewhere are they from? cant find anything.
ReplyDeleteHey, they're from the USA.
Deletethey're from the NY metro area
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