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Issue
158
May '12
The liner
notes in Wings
of Gold begin with an excerpt of a short story by Lou
Lorenzo, establishing
the concept of multi-dimensional worlds co-existing and interacting as
one,
instead of relegating it to the cold black and white stance of fact or
fiction.
By exploring the fairy tales, folklore, mythology, and spirituality of
man, Farewood allows us to discover
how much
truth lies in the legends that have been traditionally told and retold
through
the ages. Love, life’s lessons, and the morality of man have
never been, nor
shall ever be, one dimensional.
Meriden, CT’s Farewood
is the husband and wife team of Leah
Booker Lorenzo (Vocals,
bass) and Lou Lorenzo (Vocals,
guitar), who, along with Kyle McCarthy (drums), have been
exploring musical dimensions for
over a dozen years now. Wings of Gold,
their 4th album, adds Ed Diaz (Guitar) to the multi-dimensional
fold.
Farewood opens
the album with the innocence of a child’s prayer, and then
tackles the bold
territory of ethereal rock
with a mature,
otherworldly, surreal
sound. A
Ghost Staring, prepares us for the musical
journey we are about to embark on; it relates the gift to see, hear,
and
identify this world through the souls that have already
done so. It affirms that we are being guided by those who know how to
craft the
music; thus, it carries out this missive perfectly.
We not only have tales of
ghosts which we can identify with, but also
of
Angels - of a fall shroud
in controversy and
conspiracy in attempt to derail the true message of the loss of Love
and Truth. About
the Angel is a soaring, beautiful, guitar-drenched
composition that
sounds like Tangerine Dream re-visualized by Brian Jonestown Massacre,
The
Smiths, and Joy Division.
Continuing
our re-education of mortal morality,
The
Witch tells a tale
we all
know, yet few ever recognize. It is the classic, epic story of trading
one’s soul
for fame and fortune, without ever taking into account that the soul
could be
part of someone else or the ramifications that material greed can have
upon love.
The complex, lo-fi, distortion-heavy, shoe-gazey guitar effects conjure
images
of an enchanted forest after nuclear destruction and allow us to
realize that even
self-sacrifice has far-reaching consequences of which we should always
be
aware.
Woven into these multi-dimensional life lessons of morality
is Farewood’s reassurance
that while
we may feel like we suffer and sacrifice in this life, if we allow the
love,
light, and knowledge of other lives (past, present, and future) to
influence,
develop, and shine through us, we can experience an existence beyond
the
imposed boundaries of this world and truly embrace the essence of our
spiritual
love.
Vacancy,
with Lou and Leah’s dual harmony and Neil Young/Crazy
Horse/Pink Floyd/Radiohead guitar soaring into the stratosphere,
delivers a
spellbinding love ballad that reflects what could lead up to, or be the
result
of, Fruit
Trees - in which Leah’s Bjork/Kate Bush
style vocals present a lullaby
reassuring a child of its mother’s unconditional love, while
also doubling as
an ode to her lover. She is humbled by the love that has allowed her to
hold
both of them inside her. Using just keyboards and guitars, Lou conveys
the
otherworldly, spiritual involvement of love, both given and received,
to and
from each, in the creation of another.
Creating an ethereal form of love that is just as tangible
in spirit as it is in life, is what resonates and propels Farewood to breathe life into and
throughout their music. Using a
variety of distortion pedals for manic, dirty/fuzzy tones, along with
deft
finesse in the loose, laid-back, beautiful, yet brutal guitar playing,
both Lou
and Ed spew 90’s Alt/grunge (Be Still The Blackness) and
channel monster
U2/REM style themes (Sable
Sky, Wings [Reprise]). Meanwhile,
Leah and Kyle’s knowledge of each other’s rhythmic
moves (Wings of Gold)
provides
the synchronicity of this multi-dimensional presentation.
They close the album with Stairs
to Freedom, a
jangle-distort-pop song of hope beyond life, if we just open our ears
and eyes
to every possibility that has been presented to us throughout time and
beyond.
Sounding like The Sundays chopped up a Blondie song and put the pieces
back
together, it’s an ethereal, out-of-body experience that
affirms and embraces
that love, life’s lessons, and the morality of man, have
never been, nor shall
ever be, one dimensional.
Farewood
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