Dangerdog Music Reviews :: © 1999 - 2024 Craig S Hartranft :: All Rights Reserved
No part of this this website, including design and music reviews,
may be reproduced in any form or by any means without
the prior written permission of the publisher.
- New Music Reviews
- |
- Archives
- |
- News
- |
- Submissions
- |
- About
- |
- |
New Music Reviews, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, AOR, Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal
Recent Reviews
April 2024
- Vanden Plas: The Empyrean Equation Of The Long Lost Things
- Praying Mantis: Defiance
- King Zebra: Between The Shadows
- About Us: Take A Piece
- Blue Oyster Cult: Ghost Stories
March 2024
- Cruzh: The Jungle Revolution
- Whom Gods Destroy: Insanium
- The Prog Collective: Dark Encounters
- Lords Of Black: Mechanics Of Predacity
- Lipz: Changing The Melody
- The End Machine: The Quantum Phase
- Stargate: Escaping The Illusion
- Turbulence: Binary Dream
- Sonata Arctica: Clear Cold Beyond
- D'Luna: Monster
- Big Big Train: The Likes Of Us
- Benjamin Croft: We Are Here To Help
February 2024
- Traveler: Prequel To Madness
- Lionheart: The Grace Of A Dragonfly
- Honeymoon Suite: Alive
- Durbin: Screaming Steel
- Smoking Snakes: Danger Zone
- Revolution Saints: Against The Winds
- Striker: Ultrapower
- Show N Tell: The Ritual Has Begun
- Robert Hart: Circus Life
January 2024
- Corvus: Immortals
- Caligula's Horse: Charcoal Grace
- Grand: Second To None
- Neal Morse: The Restoration - Joseph - Part Two
- The Rods: Rattle The Cage
- Gotus: Gotus
- Metalite: Expedition One
- Cobrakill: Serpent's Kiss
- Jack Russell & Tracii Guns: Medusa
- Jim Peterik & World Stage: Roots & Shoots Vol. 1
- The Grandmaster: Black Sun
Seconds Before Landing: II
Seconds Before Landing: II
Ambient/Melodic/Midi Rock
2.5/5.0
Website
Facebook
Unsigned / Self-released
Words: Craig Hartranft
Added: 05.02.2015
Composer and multi-instrumentalist John Crispino returns with his second Seconds Before Landing projects, aptly dubbed II. Once again, he strikes a familiar chord, straying little from his interest in ambient melodic progressive rock, where his midi keys hold the largest sway. Think some old Atari or Nintendo video game, a touch of Pink Floyd, and general quirky electronic prog rock. That, and what seems to be a theme, quite a bit of spoken words. It's mostly the general weirdness from the first album The Great Deception, just repeated. I mention the Pink Floyd reference because there are several songs here, Hey Dad and Eitiene, which make you feel that Crispino is trying to compose his own [The] Wall album.
Basically, in the end, I got tired of all the repititive "midi' stuff wandering about this album. It was particularly annoying within Don't Want To Feel This where they sound like an over-sized tsetse fly buzzing about your ears. My second time through II, I totally skipped the song. Yuk. It's shame, really, as that song features Trey Gunn on Warr guitar and bowed bass. And speaking of musical celebrities of a sort, several songs feature John Palumbo of Crack The Sky fame on rhythm guitar and Ebow. (Loved that band back in the Seventies.) Crispino suggests that you should listen to this album with headphones. But I would suggest a precautionary not, as that a host of midi tsetse flies might enter your head through your ears and eat your brain. I don't know. I'm guessing this midi key ambient prog ain't my thing.
Seconds Before Landing II - Don't Want To Feel This Way
Note: All Amazon advertising in this review first benefits the artist, then Craig Hartranft also receives a residual. Click, and thanks for your support.
In Short
Composer John Crispino invites you to enjoy more "midi" key based ambient melodic prog rock: think an old Atari game meets Pink Floyd and general audio weirdness ensues.
Find A Review
Alphabetical Index
New & Notable
Three years have passed since Sweden's Cruzh dropped their second long-player, Tropical Thunder, also introducing their new singer, Alex Waghorn. Now the band returns with The Jungle Revolution ... [ Read More ]