The center of the album, “Reviver” serves as a transition to the final 3 songs. I recorded the first three songs (“Wintersea,” “The Ghosts We Loved,” “Setting Sail”) directly through my Axe FX without re-amping, and I think that produced more of an organic and acoustically intimate sound. “Reviver” also contains a fully improvised solo. I’ve done that on a couple other tracks I’ve made, notably “The Nightmare Forest,” off of “Sunset Manor: Images, Light, Elation” and “Across the Ice Bridge” off of “Prehistoric Instinct.” I reversed the backing guitar and solo guitar on this track for the second half of it, which is a little thing I thought would be fun to be tongue-in-cheek about the palindrome that is “Reviver.”
When I originally plotted this album out, it was going to be 4 songs: “Wintersea,” “The Ghosts We Loved,” “Setting Sail,” and “Dreamstar.” “Reviver” and the other 2 songs outside of this list, “Terminant” and “The Drowning Man,” were additions I made after conferring with an old-time musician friend of mine who I hold in high respect and encouraged me to bring the track count up to 7. Thank you, Steven. This song is for you, my Warlock.
credits
from Wintersea,
released April 28, 2023
Greg Dunbar - Guitars, synthesizers, recording, mixing, mastering
The absolutely positive impact that this album has had on my life can't be described with words. Whenever I listen to it, it teaches me something new. My favorite track is "Scaling Mount Improbable." Dundar The Barbarian
This album is simultaneously elegant and humble. The track "A weather front was stalled out in the Pacific--like a lonely person, lost in thought, oblivious of time" takes me on a journey. Dundar The Barbarian
Excellent, atmospheric, instrumental prog/post-metal to lose yourself into. The combinations of stuttering guitar shreddage with the soaring walls of sound over the top are beautiful. Dundar The Barbarian
Combining jazz-infused prog, ‘70s heavy metal and stoner doom, thrash metal, and grunge, the Puerto Rican legion’s debut is nothing short of a behemoth. Bandcamp Album of the Day Nov 7, 2018