Vocalist Neal Morse, formerly of Spock’s Beard, is featured in the short clip below discussing the song “The Call”, taken from the Neal Morse Band’s new album, The Grand Experiment:
The Neal Morse Band will be hitting the US, Canada, and Europe starting this month in support of The Grand Experiment. On the Alive Again tour, the guys will be performing their much anticipated debut album: The Grand Experiment. Swedish rockers, Beardfish will be opening all European dates, listed below.
For the first time ever, Morse came into a recording session with his long time friend and collaborator Mike Portnoy, Randy George, Bill Hubauer and Eric Gillette… with NOTHING! He had no prepared material at all.
“I wanted to see what it would be like to create freely in the room with no preconceived notions. It was quite a risk! I made a lot of room for the other guys to create and express themselves and the result is outstanding! We wanted to experiment, do something a bit different, and see what everyone is capable of…we found out…in SPADES!”
This was a “grand experiment” that produced something far beyond anyone’s expectations.
The main disc, containing five tracks – two long prog epics that are sure to be favorites for years to come, as well as three shorter songs including the catchy rocking title track “The Grand Experiment” – is sure to blow the minds of all prog fans and appeal to anyone who loves hooky songwriting with virtuoso performances from some of the best musicians in the world.
Tour dates are as follows:
February
22 – Nashville, TN – TBA
24 – New York, NY – Highline Ballroom
25 – Montreal , QB – La Tulipe
26 – Quebec City, QB – L’Impérial de Québec
27 – Chicago, IL – Arcada Theater
28 – Denver, CO – Soiled Dove Underground
March
2 – Los Angeles, CA – Westminster Theater
5 – Pratteln CH – Z7
6 – Zoetermeer NL – Boerderij
7 – London UK – Islington Assembly Hall
8 – Verviers BE – Spirit Of 66
9 – Paris FR – Divan du Monde
11 – Aschaffenburg DE – Colo-Saal
12 – Mannheim DE – Alte Seilerei
13 – Hamburg DE – Markthalle
14 – Bochum DE – Matrix
*Note: ticket links are being posted at RadiantRecords.com as they become available!
Fonte: Bravewords.com