While often overlooked, the album cut is worth a closer listen.

Despite a lengthy stint with Marillion, something clicks with these new faces.

Embracing technology in the making of music doesn’t guarantee good results, of course, but it always helps when time-honored principles and philosophies are also applied. And, of course, an open, creative mind. Johnny DeBlase held true to all of these things when crafting the darkly ambient ‘Guided Motion.’