Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
To be unafraid to undertake an adventure, to explore beyond what is expected by a society, is to understand that all you have achieved so far life in your time on the spinning planet we call home has been nothing; for if Today Was Yesterday then tomorrow is what we must raise ambition for in the present and its victory.
The debut self-titled studio album from Today Was Yesterday is one of spectacle and illumination, it holds a duo of musically intoxicating guest appearances that make the hair stand on end and a lump in the throat quiver with emotional resonance.
If today was indeed yesterday, then we need to double down on how we leave our imprint on history’s text book and memory, how we assure those around us that we got the best out of our sound, and if it means adding the unexpected then so be it, so we add legends to our status and in Rush’s Alex Lifeson and The Doors’ Robby Krieger you don’t really get a larger endorsement of the day, of the future passion available.
It is in the adventure that Ty Dennis and Angelo Barbera strike out with sheer beauty in audacity of spirit, confidence with a large C, and one that contains magic to be released. The potion, the elixir of life is framed and shines with a brightness of performance as the 10-song collection is akin to the moment when Prometheus steals fire from the Gods and gifts it to humanity; it is a transcendence of illumination to which the classic rock pair add their own levels of lightning to the effect dreamed into existence by Ty Dennis and Angelo Barbera.
Today Was Yesterday sees the pair that first met in 1997 bring tracks such as A Louder Silence, My Dog Is My Dog, If I Fall (Silly Games), Faceless Faraway Song, and the captivating finale of My New Low, to the listener’s heart and infest the soul; that initial silence of expectation is joined by the chorus of angels in celebration, and the rush of the fire from Prometheus’ open palm.
An exciting, lyrically cool, musically pulsating recording. Today may be lost to yesterday’s past, but tomorrow that belongs to those who can say a farewell to kings and exalt a new beginning of character led art.
Today Was Yesterday release their self-titled debut album om February 23rd via Music Theories Recordings/Mascot Label Group.
Ian D. Hall