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The Elders - Raising The Tide
- “Raising The Tide” from The Elders is an album that will gratify true blue fans of sprightly Celtic themed music. The band’s verve as they sing each song will be felt by listeners, and they will be inevitably drawn into the spry beat and hallowed words exhibited on each track.
“Send A Prayer” has guitar, drum and what sounds like a flute. The vocalist croons about sending a benediction into the heavens in hopes that their requests will be heeded: “Send a prayer out there into the universe and wait for an answer my friend. Maybe you will hear from me an echo in the wind and a song that has no end.” The upbeat flow of the song along with its arresting pontifical connotations makes this a track that could be sung at any religious ritual.
On “Bad Irish Boy” the band sings about a boy, where he came from and the transgressions he committed in his young life, as the melody comes complete with guitar and drum work. In addition, each band member harmonizes together to form a sound that will be music to listeners’ ears as they emote lyrics such as, “He grew up in a field by a mountain and a rock. Don’t care about the world he couldn’t see, in trouble he was drinking whiskey beer and gin. Talking shyte around a hightop with McGee. Working Pubs and restaurants, I’ll dig a ditch if you want.” It seems the band is telling the story of a young man who likes to bend the rules at any cost and doesn’t seem to care about the repercussions of his actions.
“Dear G-D” has much slower guitar play, but continues the religious tone present in the previous tracks. On this song the band sends out a missive to the Absolute Being with lyrics like, “Ragged hymn of beauty melody high and wide. I only wish I’d written it myself. She sang it to my brain gorgeous and strange, impossible for anybody else.” It seems the band is saying that the All Powerful one is a female who is singing to the band epistles that are beautiful yet bewitching.
On “Cousin Charlie” there are bagpipes and drums accompanying the band as they croon about a secret that they say should never be revealed. “It doesn’t go any further than this room. No fly on the wall will ever know. You know what they say you only dressed in gray. And a sign from you could seal a man’s doom.” The foreboding communication of this track might frighten listeners, but the use of the bagpipes brings a happy tempo to a song about hidden enigmas that dare not be shared.
All in all, The Elders’ “Raising The Tide” is a record filled with pious implications, both positive and negative. The instruments used on each track, along with the band’s magical vocals, will entice listeners to pay attention to what they are hearing and make sure they understand the depth of what the band is trying o convey.
Reviewer: Sari N. Kent
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Reviewer's Rating: 9.5
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Added: 12-Jul-2007
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