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PAIN OF SALVATION - "ROAD SALT ONE"
by George Georgiou (song292@yahoo.gr)



Staring from a wide window as far as the eye can see, marvellous things can happen.Uncovering stimmulating impressions beyond your usual predictable needs finally lead your dreamy promenade to a new, unknown, sudden purpose.Daniel Gildenlow's glance sinks into the ocean of a vivid mirror: casual old vinyl records drown his thirsty sponge ending to a multi-vintage expression elegantly decorated by the band's tricky acting."Road Salt One" leads to a daring point of view leaving behind predictions connected with the recent past.
The band's progress tears the etiquettes and uses willingly different costumes: from Beatlish alternative pop to Delta blues, from Zeppelinish eccentric hard to post classical anthems, the changes rise over and over again building up a carnival of directions BUT behind the costumes there is always the same body trying to hide or come out, to heal or be healed, to live with hypothetical substitudes or adore the loss eternally, to avoid the danger or melt in the sentiment...
The adventure of "Road Salt One" is not obvious or easy to enjoy: the certain fact of this new trip is that controversy will scream out loud and the conservative followers will laugh against Gildenlow's megalomania turning finally ears to the past...
But here we are with the precious and independent gift of our time ready to be translated into this unique musical myth. We have to wait and unlock the doors of mysteries for songs larger than life like "Sisters". We have plenty of time and original agony to argue, insist, adore, ignore, spin around, melt and rebuild, change and tear, taste, avoid and return. This is what true masterpieces are made of...