The Seventh Season
Liquid Water
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- 1 Liquid Water
- 2 Ocean Of Time
- 3 Freeway
- 4 Apart From Here
- 5 Broken Artist
- 6 Control Me
- 7 Damaged
- 8 My Only Honor
- 9 April
- 10 Nine To Five
- 11 Machine
- 12 Wherever
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Liquid Water is a collection of distinctive and irreplaceable songs, a work of talented musicians and clearly good friends. After their breakout album, "Fall Within," the artists have perfected their style and are ready to give their old fans something to look forward to, and show their new fans just what they're made of. The excitement of the performers shines through the melodic and energizing guitar solos and pumping bass riffs, while the clean and honest drum beats lead one song through to the next and leave you wanting more. This versatile rock band will nourish your interests and will surprise you with their uplifting contemporary style in a world of stamped music.
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NuevoRevolution.com, 27 June 2007
http://www.nuevorevolution.com/reviews/reviewsqs.htm
The Seventh Season - Liquid Water
Amazing album, amazing band. The Seventh Season is a three piece band which brings a full sound with their album Liquid Water. Rock and Roll is the only way to describe this band with intelligent music from all ways around. From the thought out lyrics to the outstanding arrange of music, this is a highly likeable rock album with twelve tracks of interest to listeners besides musicians. The Seventh Season is one of the most talented rock acts on the independent circuit at this time. Making rock music for rock fans and not underestimating the music listener's intelligence.
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Mark S. Tucker AcousticMusic.com/FAME , September 2007
http://www.acousticmusic.com/fame/p04314.htm
The Seventh Season - Liquid Water
Certain Eurasian groups, especially among the progrockers, were doubly enticing in the vocals department for an oddly attractive tang their enunciation put on English lyrics. Galaxy, Nektar, Epitaph, and a small sub-slice of the genre provided a new dimension merely in that respect. Now, Seventh Season, popping up amidst a very satisfying rebirth and revivalism sweeping the mode, adds to an epiphany of that trait. Yuri & Konstantin Batygin, bassist and guitarist respectively, sing not only with outré coloration but also a combination of grit and exotic melodicism not easily findable in any style…but that's only the beginning of this 12-spot of blended uniqueness and historicity.
Citing a diversity of influences (Uriah Heep, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, T.Rex, Creedence Clearwater, etc.), the group sits firmly in the modern archive dredging up the glories of the 70s in variegated form. Such ensembles as The Early Years and The Grails have been producing marvelous re-exposures of lost sounds, much more on the trad prog side than otherwise, and now this group digs into the rarely touched perfect demarcating line between rock itself and prog. Each cut is an exercise in simply but solidly laid entablatures clearly reading back the bands they esteem, elder masters in the foundation of the style now understood as undisputed king of the music world.
Most of the cuts on this, their third release (add a DVD to that roster as well), are on the lamentive side, often colored in darkness and somewhat angry, protestative while melodic. Lead lines are infrequent but elegant, reflecting the unhurried but gravitious architecture of the songs they reside in. With Sergei Smet on drums, Seventh Season is a power trio without the bluster or blown-out psych of past masters like Gun, Dust, (Gary Moore's) Skid Row, and other well-beloved aggregates. Think of what Alain Johannes was doing in What Is This?, a marvelous 80s band Todd Rundgren briefly interested himself in, and you'll be in the zone.
Among the gratifying all-too-small cavalcade of similar klatsches, Seventh Season stands well in the foreground, polished and tight yet rebellious in rough edges with a dogged persistence to shake the ground, charming the clouds with earthily vaulting compositions. As mainstream chartmongers sprint to pile on the synthesizers, orchestras, choirs, and mountainous light shows, far too often failing to substitute tawdry quantity for simple quality, CDs like Liquid Water remind all and sundry that rock was, and still sometimes tends to be, the antithesis of the "more is better" equation, depending on talent over tech and heart over dollars.
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Syuli Firmansyah (Indonesia), indiesport.com, 17 September 2007
http://www.indiesport.com/online_store.php?subaction=showfull&id=1189925250&archive=&start_from=&ucat=21&
The Seventh Season - Liquid Water
First time when I hear this album, I impressed with their sound at all. In late year 2000's its hard to find a real band still playing 70's rock sounds. 70's is a rock sound foundamental which were explored by musicians in later years.
In this album your will got a wide range rock sounds from The Beatles in late 60's to Pink Floyd at 90's. Because this band formed in 1972, which means they started in time of "The Rock Golden Era". Its natural them got some influences from other big band like: The Beatles, Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR), Pink Floyd, T. Rex, Uriah Heep. Performing in many stages at 1972 - 1975 give them some experiences to create their own sounds. They prove it in this album; "Liquid Water".
All their song tracks various in many rock style. You might say anything, their got it to you!
The Seventh Season will take you from Hard Rock, Alternative, to Progresive Rock, in many forms. All their tracks not hard and loud, but easily to heard. They compossed their songs in moderate rock sound, which more focused to melody and harmony. Almost 40 years their music journey take them to experienced musician. Profesionals and have a high skilled in playing tunes, make them easily to switch their music from energic to medium or slow tempo.
Duo Yuri and his son Konstantin ia perfect! their can lead us to hearing nice rock sound of their own tracks.
LIQUID WATER in track 1, is energic music with sounding like Scorpion.
OCEAN OF TIME more harmonious, we found Pink Floyd and Jehtro Tull sounds in this track. This song is powerfull and its a best song in this album. Composed in medium tempo, Ocean of Time take you to progressive rock atmosphere.
A PART FROM HERE is the great song, will take you travelled in melodic song remember me to any great 70's slow rock ever created. Melodious Konstantin guitars take you flying land of knowhere...
CONTROL ME sounding like Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR). Nice to hear.
DAMAGED forming a heavy metal but dou Yuri and Konstantin in vocal, give this track more than I heard than original heavy metal in 70's.
MACHINE is totally Uriah Heep sounds, tis really take you to 70's rock era...great sound!!
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AJ Blisten, Beatstheblizzard.com, 12 August 2007
http://www.beattheblizzard.com/?module=reviews&review=784
The Seventh Season - Liquid Water
"Liquid Water" is an interesting album. The music on this CD is definitely something that sticks out from the rest out there. I find myself enjoying it more and more the more I listen to it. And that surprises me because THE SEVENTH SEASON is not the kind of rock music I usually listen to. Yes, this is rock and not metal.
THE SEVENTH SEASON plays a sort of rock' n roll that's not rock'n roll, if you know what I mean. Classic rock would probably be an appropriate tag to use; classic rock with a vintage edge to it.
Nothing odd about that since the band was originally formed in old USSR in '72. Then after twenty year's hiatus original members decided it was time to start it up again in 1998, now as a San Francisco based trio.
So there's a long THE SEVENTH SEASON story leading up to "Liquid Water" which is a good guitar based rock album.
It's well produced even though the sound and vocal delivery is a bit strange and very characteristic. Maybe that's why I like it?
There's nothing spectacular or sudden surprising themes or creatively artistic stunts in the songs, but they all are well written, melodic and atmospheric; no rush or abrupt transitions, just a nice pleasant flow all the way through the album consisting of twelve songs.
The heaviness on this album is mainly emphasized by tight and steady bass giving the sound a dark touch which I think suits the songs just fine.
THE SEVENTH SEASON and their "Liquid Water" isn't going to shake anyone's world, that's for sure. But check it out if you like full-bodied and soothing melodic rock, good guitar sound and character.
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Tollbooth.org , August 2007
http://www.tollbooth.org/2008/reviews/7thseason.html
The Seventh Season - Liquid Water
I could have swore that I was the one person who knew the most about obscure bands with a dark mysterious past just popping out from nowhere. Boy, was I wrong, horribly, and sadly wrong. And man have I been sheltered. I wish I could have been there for the release of their first record, cause this group has definitely found the perfect sound. I mean between the dark raspy European accent laced vocals, the milky smooth blues/progressive rock guitars, solid downbeat drumming, and thick heavy bass riffs, this could be the next big thing. At least, for me, I mean really this is quite a well developed sound.
First, we will start with a brief catch up on the group as a name. The Seventh Season, started in 1972, they were fronted by another fella back then, and then in '76 they decided to seclude themselves in their home studios to record some new tracks. In most cases, this leads to a new singer or some other new member of a band, and a fresh new sound that is solid and collected leading to a chart topping record. On the contrary, they completely disbanded for one reason or another. And then after nearly 20 years, the bassist and drummer return with the bassists' son on leads and being doing the thing all over again. To our benefit the son has a fresh skillful playing method on the guitar. Milky smooth rhythms, and powerful but controlled solos, reminiscent of David Glimour through his entire career, Konstantin Batygin really sets the stage for a powerful progressive rock sound. Following him is father, Yuri, on bass, and Sergei Smet on drums. This is definitely a power trio if I have ever heard one. They released their first record in this carnation in March of 2003 ("Fall Within", Independent Records Inc.) and then followed it up with a DVD in 2006 ("Transposition", Independent Records), and now this third edition of the new line up. I would have to say that this is probably one of the best progressive rock bands that I have heard on the indie rock front in a while. They are strong, there lyrics and music gel together quite well, and they don�t back down from driving a good beat. They definitely spent some time working out their own distinctive sound, and accomplished it very nicely with this latest record. Clean, easy to understand lyrics, and a solid rhythm, you won't want to put it down.
I deeply suggest checking out their other music as well. They are available on Amazon, as well as you can purchase the albums, and DVD directly from their website, www.theseventhseason.net. Go check them out for yourselves, you won�t be disappointed.
Keep Rockin!!!
Rev MC
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Danny Boodman, Shapelesszine.com, August 2007
http://www.shapelesszine.com/recealbum/theseventhseason-liquidwater.htm
The Seventh Season - Liquid Water
Etichetta: autoprodotto
Anno: 2007
Durata: 44 min
Genere: rock
Ed eccomi di nuovo a parlare dei The Seventh Season, il trio composto da musicisti russi emigrati negli Stati Uniti in cerca di maggiori possibilit� rispetto a quelle offerte dalla madre patria. Per quanto riguarda la storia di questa particolare band potete leggere le recensioni degli altri due lavori trattati su Shapeless; ricordiamo solo quelle che sono le caratteristiche più curiose, ovvero la presenza nel trio di padre e figlio, Yuri e Konstantin Batygin, senza contare il fatto che il gruppo, almeno nella sua cellula originale esistesse fin dal 1972.
Bene, arriviamo quindi al nocciolo della questione, ovvero il nuovo full-length del gruppo, il secondo dopo il debutto "Fall Within". "Liquid Water" come stile porta avanti lo stesso discorso musicale iniziato con il precedente lavoro: il trio si concentra su un rock di vecchio stampo, che trova spunto nei grandi nomi del passato come Rolling Stones, Beatles, Who e via dicendo. Certo, la qualit� , ovviamente, non è nemmeno paragonabile a quella di questi mostri sacri, ma all'incirca dovrebbe farvi capire di cosa si parla.
All'epoca della mia recensione di "Fall Within" mi ero ritrovato a sottolineare una serie di questioni relative ad alcuni difetti che impedivano al CD di decollare, difetti che, in seguito, si erano mitigati in "Transposition", un DVD che ritraeva la band dal vivo e che mostrava un netto miglioramento. Ecco, "Liquid Water" da questo punto di vista si pone come punto di incrocio tra i due lavori precedenti, sia in positivo che in negativo.
Andiamo con ordine e cerchiamo di tracciare l'evoluzione dei The Seventh Season. Il primo appunto che facevo per "Fall Within" riguardava il coinvolgimento durante l'ascolto dei pezzi: la maggior parte delle canzoni, infatti, zoppicava a causa di una struttura un po' troppo semplice e lineare che rischiava di esaurirsi dopo pochi ascolti; bene, il discorso, purtroppo, è valido anche per "Liquid Water", che mostra sì qualche piccolo miglioramento negli arrangiamenti, ma ancora non riesce a trovare la sua dimensione ideale, finendo per funzionare solo nei pezzi più catchy e divertenti, tipo "Machine" e "Liquid Water", che non richiedono altro che una buona melodia e un ritmo saltellante, oppure le ballad come "Apart From Here".
Il secondo grande limite di "Fall Within" era rappresentato dalla produzione, all'epoca scandalosa. Da questo punto di vista il tutto sembra leggermente migliorato: il suono è ancora un po' troppo leggero e patinato, ma si sente un po' di calore in più, grazie ad una trattazione migliore dei suoni della chitarra e soprattutto grazie alla presenza di un batterista in carne ed ossa che, pur non lanciandosi mai in passaggi particolarmente fantasiosi, svolge onestamente il suo compito ritmico.
Un discreto miglioramento, poi, lo si vede anche dal punto di vista esecutivo, soprattutto nella chitarra di Konstantin che, come notavo anche in "Transposition", è cresciuto non poco come strumentista. Quello che continua a non convincermi, invece, è la prova vocale dei due Batygin, entrambi dotati di un timbro sgraziato e nasale che proprio non mi piace.
Insomma, devo ammettere che dopo aver visto il DVD "Transposition" ero molto più fiducioso sul nuovo CD e invece mi sembra che il livello sia migliorato solo di poco. Peccato, un'occasione sprecata che, speriamo, porti ad un miglioramento ancora maggiore con il prossimo lavoro. In bocca al lupo.