HOURGLASS

Hourglass is the brand new album of Patchwork Cacophony, the personal project of Ben Bell, who you probably know either from this project, or from Broken Parachute, or from Gandalf's Fist.

Luckily enough, I was able to listen to his 1st and 2nd album at the time of their release, so I was able to spot the differences and changes in every new album's style and sound. His debut one was a good effort, but it was rather obvious that he was not sure yet of the style he wanted to play. So, there were many influences and different styles mixed there. The 2nd album, Five of Cups was a far better album without a doubt. Once more, Ben did almost everything by himself, but this time he had Marcus Taylot and Tim Hall as guests; both on guitars. (Marcus Taylor is his bandmate in Broken Parachute).

And now, 8 years later, he released his 3rd album, Hourglass, which is the most enjoyable, well crafted, and better produced of all 3. The album includes 8 songs, and 4 of them are between 8 - 11 minutes in length. The other 4, are short instrumental pieces which are working like "bridges" between the long ones. The 4 long tracks are excellent, and the 4 short ones are doing the job the way they should. Have in mind that there is also another option for those who might be interested, which is the Halfhourglass. This is an EP, which includes only the 4 long tracks of the album in shorter "radio friendly" versions. This was a great idea, and it is a very pleasant EP.

The Hourglass album is available in Digital format on platforms like Bandcamp for example, but is also available as CD. As for the Halfhourglass EP, if I'm not mistaken, it is available only in digital format, and it can be found on platforms like Spotify and Apple Music.

So, no matter if you will choose Hourglass or Halfhourglass, be sure that you will pick a really great album!

Give it a try, you won't regret it!

My Rating: Somewhere between 4.0 and 4.5 Stars.

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