A Time For Change

Although percussion is used very sparingly, the album culminates into this beautiful crescendo, leading off to side B where the percussive elements truly take center stage and completely rock your entire setup. Bits evolve into this rocking overdrive guitar that melds into the pulsing background. The mastering here is extremely superb, allowing for the low-end piano notes to pierce through, while electronic notes flicker and twinkle from behind the blanket of ambience that David has created. While the album starts off in this weird, unknown place -- much like the game's characters -- the music discovers itself amongst the grooves and takes on a life of its own, building on each groove as it rotates, leading to triumphant and blissful arrangements that lift the listener up into a wild and airy cloud. It's truly an incredible album and one that has to be heard by everyone!

Clear Skies

Black Screen Records always has this way with lifting up some of the best and talented indie artists out there with their vinyl releases. Thomas Was Alone is the epitome of that philosophy, and as always they hit this one out of the park. Extreme talent was poured into this release and it shows from every quadrilateral corner of this package. Design here was carried out exceptionally well by Black Screen Records veteran Dane Baudoin, taking the original soundtrack cover and giving it that extra artistic flair. The back cover is the true masterpiece, incorporating the games characters and level design in this unique tapestry of shapes that just makes the tracklist text flow like butter. Mastering was carried out by the talented Christian Bethge from RAMA Tonstudio, and is exceptional as always. The crystal clear noise floor and dynamic range that David's album has is given justice here in the pressing. This record sounds amazing. If you are on the fence, allow me to give you a little nudge. Pick this album up!