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3rdegree

Narrow-Caster (2008)

(Autoproduction / ) Enregistré par R.Pashman, G.Dobbs, P.Kliesch

01 – Apophenia

02 – It Works

03 – Narrow-Caster

04 – Live with This Forever

05 – Cautionary Tale

06 – The Proverbial Banana Peel

07 – Young Once

08 – Scenery

09 – Free for All

10 – The Last Gasp

The saying "better late than never" applies also to groups finally awarded after being unfairly unnoticed for many years. This is the case with 3RDegree, who released Narrow-Caster after a sleep of a dozen years. The group originally from New Jersey, authorities at the time of Human Interest Story that had clearly not found the deserved success when it was released had, for various reasons, decided to make a digression (break up?).

And there is nothing like a twisted well as to end a famine that sound, "Apophenia," what baffe with its structure well crazy! The challenge of typing in your hands is to raise! The voice of George Dobbs is a mixture between goûtu Jerry Sahlin (ACT) and Joseph Williams might have put to music by Frank Zappa. Besides the influence of the former vocalist of Toto is felt when our man irritated.

What makes this disc really interesting is the melting pot of influences that we think first indigestible but yet to be passed after the mill will prove to be a cocktail: sailing between rock FM in the Asia and Rush, through Level 42, Genesis, Tears for Fears and Stevie Wonder. Some titles like "Live With This Forever," on which the bass leads the dance, or the brilliant "The Proverbial Banana Peel", were born during sessions improvisations. It would pay to attend expensive! Even the very "square" Young Once” remains in the head with the vocal harmonies to Queen relents and Gentle Giant.

The same goes for "Scenery", which despite its linear structure sticks in ones head. "Free For All" is another fine example of these tracks from jam sessions that immediately grabs the listener with its low saturated way Spock's Beard and refrain from mâtiné Yes. Narrow-Caster is an album fully breathing spontaneity and freshness. So, the value does not increase the number of years. Still hope that we will not have to wait 3RDegree twelve years for a new disc. A joke to take the third degree of course!

Dan Tordjman

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Overall rating: 8 (out of 10)

External links:

- Website: http://www.3rdegreeonline.com/

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