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In 2020, melodic prog rockers
the Pineapple Thief
issued the stellar studio outing
Versions of the Truth
. Recorded before COVID-19 shut down travel and public events, the album was released during the pandemic -- so touring in support was out. While that proved daunting for most acts, it was particularly poignant for this band, whose performing identity is as essential to their makeup as recording. The solution was an on-demand live event offering a visually stunning studio concert -- sans audience -- using many cameras as they performed material from
and catalog selections.
Nothing But the Truth
is the soundtrack from that online concert. Exceptionally recorded, this multi-format release offers all the discipline of a studio set, along with the creative visuals, kinetic energy, and tightrope-walking risk of a regular gig.
The 17-song set opens with
's title track as the first of six selections from that album. This performance is a bit edgier and spacier but is otherwise faithful to the original version. It's followed by a fine presentation of "In Exile" from 2016's
Your Wilderness
, which is more deeply textured and dynamic than its studio counterpart and captures the feel of the band revving up. An explosive "Warm Seas" from 2012's
All the Wars
follows, with the band careening across hooky melodic hard rock and prog. "Our Mire" is a set highlight. Drawn from
, it sprawls in all the right places with killer flights of noisy brilliance in the guitar and drum kit work. There are four selections from 2018's
Dissolution
, among them the sinister, brooding "Uncovering Your Tracks," and "Threatening War," which transcends it elegiac opening section to transform itself into a snarling labyrinthine rocker. The earliest tune included here is a grandly imaginative re-envisioning of "Wretched Soul" from 2006's angular
10 Stories Down
.
's "Far Below" is delivered with fiery intensity showcasing canny interplay between power riffs, a scorching guitar break, jazzy keyboards, and syncopated tom-tom invention. Just before the set closes, the band delivers a compelling, slightly disorienting version of "The Swell," a bonus track on
offering some of frontman
Bruce Soord
's most poetic lyrics. "The Final Thing on My Mind," from
, is an appropriate set closer. Sprawling across nearly ten minutes, it offers a striking suite-like portrait of the group's instrumental prowess and
Soord
's compositional skill in juxtaposing a lyrical ballad, moody prog, and almost elegant post-punk. As a whole, this is a live-in-studio retrospective that offers fans stellar performances of highlights from
's vast discography.
[
is issued in several physical formats. In addition to double-vinyl and double-CD releases, there is a hardbound deluxe edition that contains a Blu-ray and a DVD with hi-res Dolby Atmos 5.1 audio, four bonus cuts, four music videos, six documentary video shorts, and a 60-page book containing lyrics, exclusive performance photos, and more, as well as the two audio CDs.] ~ Thom Jurek
the Pineapple Thief
issued the stellar studio outing
Versions of the Truth
. Recorded before COVID-19 shut down travel and public events, the album was released during the pandemic -- so touring in support was out. While that proved daunting for most acts, it was particularly poignant for this band, whose performing identity is as essential to their makeup as recording. The solution was an on-demand live event offering a visually stunning studio concert -- sans audience -- using many cameras as they performed material from
and catalog selections.
Nothing But the Truth
is the soundtrack from that online concert. Exceptionally recorded, this multi-format release offers all the discipline of a studio set, along with the creative visuals, kinetic energy, and tightrope-walking risk of a regular gig.
The 17-song set opens with
's title track as the first of six selections from that album. This performance is a bit edgier and spacier but is otherwise faithful to the original version. It's followed by a fine presentation of "In Exile" from 2016's
Your Wilderness
, which is more deeply textured and dynamic than its studio counterpart and captures the feel of the band revving up. An explosive "Warm Seas" from 2012's
All the Wars
follows, with the band careening across hooky melodic hard rock and prog. "Our Mire" is a set highlight. Drawn from
, it sprawls in all the right places with killer flights of noisy brilliance in the guitar and drum kit work. There are four selections from 2018's
Dissolution
, among them the sinister, brooding "Uncovering Your Tracks," and "Threatening War," which transcends it elegiac opening section to transform itself into a snarling labyrinthine rocker. The earliest tune included here is a grandly imaginative re-envisioning of "Wretched Soul" from 2006's angular
10 Stories Down
.
's "Far Below" is delivered with fiery intensity showcasing canny interplay between power riffs, a scorching guitar break, jazzy keyboards, and syncopated tom-tom invention. Just before the set closes, the band delivers a compelling, slightly disorienting version of "The Swell," a bonus track on
offering some of frontman
Bruce Soord
's most poetic lyrics. "The Final Thing on My Mind," from
, is an appropriate set closer. Sprawling across nearly ten minutes, it offers a striking suite-like portrait of the group's instrumental prowess and
Soord
's compositional skill in juxtaposing a lyrical ballad, moody prog, and almost elegant post-punk. As a whole, this is a live-in-studio retrospective that offers fans stellar performances of highlights from
's vast discography.
[
is issued in several physical formats. In addition to double-vinyl and double-CD releases, there is a hardbound deluxe edition that contains a Blu-ray and a DVD with hi-res Dolby Atmos 5.1 audio, four bonus cuts, four music videos, six documentary video shorts, and a 60-page book containing lyrics, exclusive performance photos, and more, as well as the two audio CDs.] ~ Thom Jurek
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