Cavalier King – The Sun
Revolutions (CD)
Sound: B Music:
B-
Chris Taylor has taken on an interesting persona with the
Cavalier King debut CD The Sun Revolutions, but the album is in the same
“Emo Rock” mode that so many bands out there right now in the Rock (or is that
post-Rock) genre. The tracks are:
- Renegade
- Sun
Revolution
- The
Unprotected
- Angels
Of Mar
- War
Is On
- Champagne
And Cocaine
- The
Finest Hour
- Sun
Revolutions (Reprise)
- Victory 25
With a set up and titles like that, you
immediately think concept album or The Beatles, but Taylor is also bent more
towards the direction of 1970s Progressive Rock than you would think. With its Fantasy genre images of fare off
lands and centuries-ago civilizations, it now seems more like it is imitating
the Lord Of the Rings films than the rich literary tradition bands like
Yes, King Crimson, The Moody Blues and others did in their day. He still does a decent job of this, but
ultimately, it cannot compete against the predecessors. The music is good, but not memorable, while
the lyrics ultimately do not add up to the big statement. It even reminded this critic of the DGC band
King Of Kings that did not manage to take off as expected, but it is still
interesting enough to shrug the “Prog Rock” stereotype.
The PCM 2.0 16bit/44.1kHz Stereo is nicely recorded, with
Taylor taking on the bulk of the instruments and his vocals in between the
world of Emo and the command of a Greg Lake or Jon Anderson. I guess you just have to hear this one to
believe it, and that would not be a bad thing.
Maybe Taylor can build on this.
I’ll be waiting.
- Nicholas Sheffo
