ON ROTATION

Gravity Machine, Red

Where to begin? This is one of those albums that is hard to describe or define. The band Sights influences ranging from A Perfect Circle to William Orbit, via Peter Gabriel and Soundgarden. Also throw in Neil Pert, Radiohead, and My Bloody Valentine. It’s quite a range. I love sonic experimentation, but so often it just does not play out well. Not here.

Three years in the making, Multi-instrumentalist Naill Parker describes taking inspiration from Neil Pert’s “Ghost Rider” book which details the Rush drummer’s journey through grief. On the band’s website, Niall describes writing a large canon of material following the loss of his wife to cancer in 2016. “What started as an escape grew into a majestic set of songs detailing a transformative journey.“ On Red, Parker weaves heavy rock, progressive rock, electronica, and acoustics styles into a sonic grand tapestry that perfectly captures his journey.