Galliard's debut is a mixture of typical 1970 horn rock and British styled psychedelic rock, complete with soft affected vocals - along with a clear undercurrent of straight ahead folk-rock mixed with baroque styled classical, that was predominant from the era as well. Honestly I think Galliard are at their best when in brass rock mode (e.g. 'Skillet', 'Pastorale', 'Blood'), and tend to drag a bit when hitting the woods for a bit of folk. There was a distinct compositional improvement on their follow-up New Dawn, though no doubt the cover art of the debut is more preferable.
Ownership: CD: 2009 Esoteric. Jewel case with full liner notes and two bonus tracks taken from a single.
2008 (first listen); 3/28/12 (review / new entry); 1/23/24
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