English vocals
International relevance: **
Function gets an A for
ambition and execution, but they also score high on the 'so boring it
hurts' scale. They were a Christian band on the Prim label, run by
the Swedish Pentecostal Movement , and ”Play It Maestro” also had
a U.S. release in 1982 on Lamb & Lion Productions. The music is
of the most dreaded kind, inbetween AOR, prog rock and fusion.
Competent for sure, but that's certainly not an end in itself.
Whatever redeeming qualities the use of violin brings to the table,
the cheesy jazz rock synths quickly pollutes them to a toxic degree.
Vocalist Lars Ludwingson doesn't make it any better either, sounding
just like you can expect from somebody having every bit of real soul crippled
by a cocksure and annoyingly stubborn faith. A mind uniform that's too tight to let your head breathe properly with different ideas.
The only track even remotely agreeable
here is "Unborn Child", but that would have been much
better if performed by Pink Floyd. Mind you, I think Pink Floyd is
the longest valium party that ever happened and happened and happened
and happened and happened and happened and happened and happened and
happened and... So thinking they would do anything better is hardly a compliment.
Quite honestly, I can't see how even
the most hardcore Christian could bear listening to these
suffocatingly boring 43 minutes all through. Play it, maestro? No,
please, don't.
Full album playlist (Spotify)
Full album playlist (Spotify)
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