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CHROMA KEY 'Graveyard Mountain Home' www.chromakey.com (2005)
Kevin Moore was a founding member of Dream Theater and has also recorded
with OSI. This sounds like neither, having more in common with Tortoise
than the progressive stylings of those bands. Not that this makes it a bad
album. Far from it. But it is a very different beast to his other two
bands.
This is actually the soundtrack to a 1955 film called 'Age 13', which Kevin
found in the Prelinger Archive for Public Domain (and the limited edition of
this album has a copy on it). All about a boy trying to bring his dead
mother back to life by staring at a radio, you will gather that this is not
cheesy stuff.
There are bits that are a bit Pink Floyd, bits that are a bit like mid
period Moby, and bits that are pure inspiration. The highlights are the
title track which has some fabulous folk guitar on it, and 'Pure Laughter'
which is anything but, being one of the most depressing tracks I’ve heard in
a long while.
Overall, this is more an ambient soundscape than it is a stand alone album,
but there are moments when you feel the visionary impact, and it makes some
of the more obtuse moments worth wading through. If you come with an open
mind and forget all about his past, then you will find this an ultimately
rewarding experience.
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Review by Stuart A Hamilton
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