PRYMARY

Prymary was a Progressive rock/metal band from Riverside, California and I believe their self-titled debut was a solid start to their discography. Individuals who like more of the classic prog rock feel instead of the more heavy prog-metal will enjoy this album, note that four out of 8 tracks on the album surpass the 7 minute mark, a big nod to the prog rock/metal fans. Other than this album they released two other full-length albums. The reason why I seemed to enjoy this album so much was because there were a lot of different moods and feels to certain tracks. So without further ado, let's rundown the entire tracklist. The album proceeds to kick off with the epic...

Common Ground, probably my favorite song off the album, it's got such a unique instrumental to it, however, the vocalist Mike Disarro, paired with the harmonies of the other band members resembles the band "Yes" a ton! LOVE IT! It's prog sugar, a perfect amount of variety and keeps you on the hook the whole time, really glad they chose this one as the opener, this is the one to revisit once you've listened to the whole album.

Tearing Through Weakness, A hard rocker with a driving verse and chorus, a very unique and cool song, James Sherwood, the bassist, keeps it going with a tasty slap bass line. After a badass breakdown it takes it down a notch and soon fades into...

Seclusion: a quick little interlude with acoustic guitars over audio of some sort of bazaar, It fades into...

Promise: This is a one-of-a-kind track, it starts out as more of a radio friendly sounding song, but later on becomes a really proggy tune.

Remember: This song is absolutely beautiful, a tear-jerking performance by Mike Disarro who sings about loss of a loved one and eventually having to move on from it, some very melodic and beautiful guitars from Sean Entrikin, it does eventually get a little heavier but mainly keeps the overlaying theme

Tanglebox: this song is good because it's a lot more melodic and radio-friendly if you just want to put on more of a less heavy prog sound. It has a fantastic chorus.

Running To A Standstill: This is unique for sure, RTAS has some weird solo sections that make it cool, not as good as Common Ground but is still no doubt a cool song, the heartbeats at the end fade into...

Roads of Fire: The longest song on the album and also the longest song Prymary has written, a very proggy and unique song, there is even a cool spoken word section about Plato's cave, there are some melodic and slow moments and some heavier and fast-paced sections. probably the one that classic prog fans will love.

All-in-all a higher percentage of people will enjoy Prymary's other albums over this one, but at least visit Prymary's self titled at least once, you may be pleasantly suprised