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Yoke Shire - A Foreshadowing

Artist:	Yoke Shire
Title:	A Foreshadowing
Label:	Zygo Records 70986-2
Length(s):	9 minutes
Year(s) of release:	1998
Month of review:	03/1999

Line up

Craig Herlihy - guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals, harmonica
Brad Dillon - drums, percussion
Brian Herlihy - guitars

Tracks

1)	Maiden Voyage	4.39
2)	Shape Of A Dancer	4.47

Summary

Meant as a primer for the forthcoming album Masque Of Shadows.

The music

Maiden Voyage opens droningly: raw vocals, heavy bass, raunchy guitar. Sounds a bit spacey to me. Then we break into the song. The singing seems a bit too overdone in ways. The music has a bluesy quality to it, but of course taking it bit further since this is prog right? The material is rather song directed, but certainly not slick. The same holds for the second song, which is also rather bouncy and features some harmonica, not a typical instrument for prog. This second song is a bit on the slow side with a relaxed solo part on the keyboards and accidental loud percussion at the end. On the whole I sense a likeness to the English band Haze in their early days, but with blues leanings.

Conclusion

See above.