Those familiar with the music of Jeremy Morris need not be informed he has a yen for creating trippy tunes. But on The Road to Zion, his latest album from JAM Records, the Portage, Mich.-based singer, songwriter and multiple-instrumentalist stretches boundaries as never before.
One of the major pieces on the album is called “Cosmic Journey,” and you certainly will feel as if you are on a galactic voyage when listening to these celestial beauties.
Composed of seven tracks and registering 75 minutes in length, The Road to Zion is a prog-rock bonanza. Jeremy handles vocals and the lion’s share of instruments, while Dave Dietrich (drums), Steffan Johansson (keyboards and drums), Oscar Granero (guitar), Carlos Vigara (bass) and Swordfish (synthesizer) appear on select numbers.
The otherworldly odyssey begins with “Flowers In My Hair,” which is triggered by jangling psychedelic schemes, then melts right into the aforementioned “Cosmic Journey” that alternatively ripples and roars to a delirious display of chilling Mellotron passages, wheezing synthesizer notes and mind-bending analog tape effects. Drafted of surrealistic sensations galore, the imaginatively crafted instrumental explodes with color and electricity.
Also an instrumental, “Crack the Sky” charges forth with rampaging guitars, drilling hooks and storming rhythms, igniting visions of soaring and spiraling through space at an incredible speed, where the acoustic-framed “Follow Your Dreams” dispatches a warm and engaging tone.
The title cut of Jeremy’s The Road to Zion closes the expedition, leading you to the promised land where peace and purity light the premises. There’s an awe-inspiring swirl of heavenly hymn-like vocals and extreme instrumental expressions, orbiting from hard-rocking intensity to gorgeous and soothing orchestral sounds.
Don the headphones, close your eyes and get ready to take a sonic flight that will fill your heart with joy and make you glad to be alive.
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