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Maximum Unicorn by Gruvis Malt
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fave it Progressive Rock | Pop Crossover
12 tracks | 77 minutes
Released Dec 2005
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- sample lyrics "album only" 01:32 Prelude lyrics "album only" 01:32 Prelude lyrics "album only" 01:32 Prelude
- sample lyrics "album only" 03:39 Thomas Jackson lyrics "album only" 03:39 Thomas Jackson lyrics "album only" 03:39 Thomas Jackson
- sample lyrics "album only" 02:43 Monster Hands lyrics "album only" 02:43 Monster Hands lyrics "album only" 02:43 Monster Hands
- sample lyrics "album only" 04:02 Since 1968 lyrics "album only" 04:02 Since 1968 lyrics "album only" 04:02 Since 1968
- sample lyrics "album only" 03:23 Mr. Smith Goes to Heaven lyrics "album only" 03:23 Mr. Smith Goes to Heaven lyrics "album only" 03:23 Mr. Smith Goes to Heaven
- sample lyrics "album only" 02:50 The First Train lyrics "album only" 02:50 The First Train lyrics "album only" 02:50 The First Train
- sample lyrics "album only" 02:20 Marco Polo lyrics "album only" 02:20 Marco Polo lyrics "album only" 02:20 Marco Polo
- sample lyrics "album only" 01:33 The American Trilogy: Prologue - Method Actors lyrics "album only" 01:33 The American Trilogy: Prologue - Method Actors lyrics "album only" 01:33 The American Trilogy: Prologue - Method Actors
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- sample lyrics "album only" 02:10 The American Trilogy: Scene 2 - Joe Returns From the Front lyrics "album only" 02:10 The American Trilogy: Scene 2 - Joe Returns From the Front lyrics "album only" 02:10 The American Trilogy: Scene 2 - Joe Returns From the Front
- sample lyrics "album only" 04:23 No Rest for the Wicked Awesome lyrics "album only" 04:23 No Rest for the Wicked Awesome lyrics "album only" 04:23 No Rest for the Wicked Awesome
- sample lyrics "album only" 47:21 Percy lyrics "album only" 47:21 Percy lyrics "album only" 47:21 Percy
Extremely compositional pop music - futurock.
Bio / Background
This album is a major departure for Grüvis Malt in many ways. Compositionally, this is the sound of a band giving up. Whereas before every note and inspiration was debated over and eventually abandoned/altered, now anything was acceptable... the more fleeting or amusing the better.
This is probably the closest Grüvis Malt has ever come to honesty. It is a theme album to the fullest (the most "Maximum" you might say), and lends itself to the widest interpretation of any of GM's work.
Production-wise, Gavin tried to take the layered synthetic approach of Traffic Jam and fuse it with the live sound of Simon. To accomplish this, instruments that were usually recorded direct were instead run through amps (keyboards, drum machines, vocals). Acoustic instruments like guitar, bass and drums were treated with plugins rather than rack gear and amplifiers.
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