This version has slightly different cover art, it was probably made by the band later in 1999 or in 2000 after the initial copies sold out. But since there are just two of us, no one gets overlooked. Verse 1: I left the page to the open sky Is one step forward and one step back In restless dreams and all good for rest I took the step out of the former days Chorus: And I'm never going back. Producer, Written-By, Engineer, Mastered By The Helio Sequence. keys, Backing Vox Josh Hoover Drums Nolan Thies Bass Discography 2004 The Year. There are songs where we might not like the lyrics or weren't happy with a drum solo. sharing the stage with the likes of Helio Sequence, The Whigs. Now, the flip side of that is we have a ton of unreleased stuff. At the end of the day, though, the band philosophy is that both of us have to be completely into a song to release it. The songs' cordial warmth and the often contemplative feel surrounding them represent the latest chapter in the continually evolving musical alliance Summers and Weikel have created. Perhaps more than any of their other full-length albums, the resulting music weaves together like a suite, from the introductory hum, chiming guitar ambience and militaristic beat of the opening Battle Lines to the shimmering finale of Never Going Back, where vocals, guitars and percussion mesh into a lush, hushed whole. The 10 songs that make up The Helio Sequence (the duo's sixth album, although its discography also includes several EP discs and singles) were whittled down from a completed set of 26.
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"That album ( Negotiations) was a very long, very introspective process that was full of self-analysis on many levels - on personal ones, on ways the lyrics shaped the whole tone of the music, lots of things.
"The new record was largely a reaction to how we approached Negotiations," Summers said by phone last week ahead of Saturday's performance by The Helio Sequence at the Singletary Center for the Arts. So when time came for Summers and bandmate Benjamin Weikel to cut a follow-up, a work that would be titled simply The Helio Sequence, the duo chose a setting and a sound that was altogether brighter. It was the figurative and often literal setting that permeated the recording sessions as well as the resulting music. Their onstage effects churn out a pop sound that almost seems orchestral.īrandon Summers was looking for some light.ĭuring the making of Negotiations, his 2012 album as half of the Portland, Oregon-area duo The Helio Sequence, he had essentially surrendered to darkness. Brandon Summers, left, and Benjamin Weikel of The Helio Sequence emerged out of the Portland, Ore., music scene.
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