Echolyn - Stars And Gardens Volume 4 DVD Review

Written by Paul Roy
Published February 12, 2005
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The video was supposedly shot using six, HD, 16mm, BETA SP cameras, but the picture is not very impressive. It is often very shaky and blurry (not purposely). The stage lighting was very minimal, so the picture was somewhat dark and murky. Only a PCM stereo audio mix is provided, but it is excellent. All of the instruments are clear and defined, and the vocals are mixed perfectly. There is an entire extra disk worth of bonus material, which includes band interviews and studio and rehearsal footage from the band's entire career.

If you are not bothered by this ridiculous type of video editing that I have described here, then you should love this DVD, because the music is certainly terrific. For the rest of us, we'll just have to crank up the volume and change the picture to a Simpsons' re-run, or something just as entertaining.

Set List
Texas Dust
Swingin' The Axe
The Cheese Stands Alone
A Little Nonsense
1729 Broadway
My Dear Wormwood
As The World
Brittany
Never The Same [video clip]
Mei
Shades

Performance 8/10
Production 4/10

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Echolyn - Stars And Gardens Volume 4 DVD Review
Published: February 12, 2005
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#1 — February 13, 2005 @ 13:37PM — Partick Mraz

Self indulgent legends in their own mind hobby crap. Get on with your lives and stop wasting peoples time.

#2 — February 14, 2005 @ 11:15AM — Paul Roy [URL]

Jesus, you really dislike these guys. But isn't all prog-rock/fusion really self-indulgent?

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