Snakes and Arrows

Yup, Bryan called it. Time to talk about Rush's new album, Snakes and Arrows. As you may know, Rush is my all time favorite band. I have all of their original music albums (maybe not the imports). I guess they did a cover album a while ago, but I don't like covers of other people's songs. Anyway, I've given Snakes and arrows a few listens, and it is pretty solid. Farcry, the first song they released from the album, is pretty kick ass. There are a few songs on Snakes and Arrows that I could do without. I don't know all the names, but there is one song that has repeating lyrics. I know, all songs have lyrics that repeat, it's called a chorus, but I mean excessively so. Musically, all of the songs are good. There are certainly two different Rush styles. Their early work has a hard edge and the newer stuff is more mellow. Snakes and Arrows definately has a more mellow feel. If you have heard Counterparts or Test for Echo, then you know what I mean. In case you don't know what I mean, my mom likes newer Rush music too. Not that she has bad tastes in music, I just wanted to better explain my meaning.

Well, I am not really going to get into this much more. If you like Rush, you will like Snakes and Arrows. There's really only so much you can say about an album. I am already getting psyched about the concert in September. I got pretty good seats, in the lower pavillion towards the middle. Not front row, but I should be able to see pretty well. I just hope that my family will be able to put up with me listening to Rush the majority of the time leading up to the show.