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A Glimpse For Bobby – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave...
Although written in tribute to the recently departed Bob Weir, visionary musician and one of the founder members of The Grateful Dead, you could...
Atonement – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Often, the writing arm of the music reviewer is guided by the information provided by the artist, band or PR company. Usually, the sonic...
Cosmic Handshake – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Okay, I have had this track under the pen before, only about four or five months ago. However, now it returns accompanied by an...
Namaste – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
When Steven Clarkson informs me that this is " by far my most ambitious album to date," you have to remember that all things...
Cosmic Handshake – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Some bands are all about pushing sonic boundaries. Some are about quick-fire work rates, creating impressive bodies of work in seemingly short periods. Some...
Paint It Surreal – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
I love it when an album—its music, title, and artwork—all seem to be referencing one another because the artist has thought about the overall...
Sidewalk Chalk – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
When you have written so much about one band, as I have with When Mountains Speak, it is sometimes daunting to be faced with...
Sphere of Relativity – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
If "Minotaur" saw When Mountains Speak venture into the sonic world of fantasy adventure, this latest four-track ep takes us more into a sort...
Minotaur – When Mountains Speak (Reviewed by Dave Franklin)
There has always been so much going on in the sonic world of When Mountains Speak that there has never been that much of...
The Metrics of One – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave...
Wait! What's this? I'm so used to being immediately immersed in drifting sonics and off-kilter cascades of guitar sounds when diving headfirst into a...
Speak The Truth – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
When Steven Clarkson, the man behind When Mountains Speak, sent me this trio of songs, he did add the cautionary note that these were...
Center of Infinity – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
If all music takes you on a journey, then the music of When Mountains Speak is the soundtrack to a journey that will take...
Solitude – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
I knew it wouldn't be too long before a new release from When Mountains Speak would be headed my way, Solitude being the first...
Furthermore – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
It's funny. All this time spent writing about When Mountains Speak and this is the first time I've thought deeply about their chosen title....
Skipping The Divide – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
There's always been an evocative essence of the Orient coursing through the veins of When Mountains Speak. Sometimes, it's nestled within the rhythmic tapestry;...
Whimstruck – When Mountains Speak ft. Shreyas Iyer (reviewed by Dave...
There has always been a groove and a beat echoing through When Mountains Speak that has leaned more toward Eastern climes than Western traditions. Even...
Silky Trident – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
You would think that by now, When Mountains Speak would have mined out the rich psychedelic seam that is their musical preference, that it...
Wanderlust – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Typically, when a band takes some time away from their sonic duties, it allows everyone to find non-music-related things to do, take a bit...
Old Fades To New – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave...
You would think that having already explored, examined, sought to understand and written about the title track of this latest album from When Mountains...
Old Fades to New – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave...
The great thing about When Mountains Speak is that it can take any shape the protagonists desire. Sometimes it is a band collaboration; at...
Rhythm of the Traveler – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave...
One of the great things about When Mountains Speak is that, like the music they make, the band's form and format have no precise...
The Hunt – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
It is safe to say that When Mountains Speak is a band happy to turn their hands to all musical forms. Conventional albums, singles...
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (abridged modern adaptation with soundtrack) –...
The music that When Mountains Speak makes has always sounded like the soundtrack to something. Their fluid approach to song structure, ability to let...
Hint of Normality – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
One of the many things I love about When Mountains Speak is the eclecticism and creative fluidity. Some music is a full-band effort, and...
That Was The Musical Week That Was – 291022
Another busy and eclectic week, another collection of great music by cool artists and a bit of an inside into the sort of grassroots...
Gateway of Love – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
When Mountains Speak has a floating, semi-lucid quality to much of the music that emanates from its creative core, but Gateway of Love pushes...
Visions of Tibet – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Ahead of a month of downtime, and given their usual work rate, who can blame them, When Mountains Speak has released a five-track ep,...
Cascading Cosmos – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
If the eclectic and un-second-guess-able (I'm sure that's a word) When Mountains Speak can wander between music driven by a heavy rhythmic groove on...
Time Left Ajar – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
You can accuse When Mountains Speak of many things. Perhaps being a bit "out there" for the more mainstream audience, maybe their songs develop...
Perspective of Purpose – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
When I was a younger man and first finding my way through the rich musical landscape of the mid-eighties, I fell under the spell...
