Oh, I'm not done with the boys of PTH and Volition just yet! "Skies" came out as the early leader, but as with most albums I buy, there's always something else wondering waiting to hit the track. So after a listen of the whole album, "Skies" was the song that stood out the most. All caught up? Good. After my excitement passed and I got further into the other songs, another emerged as a favourite for more reasons than one...
"Mist" is awesome. There, I said it. Why? Because like "Skies," it's strikingly different from everything else they've ever done. Mr. Walker sings of leaving Newfoundland and always having a home there, set to the tune of instrumental work that weirdly reminds me of "To Porter, With Love," that bonus track from Scurrilous. The guitar work is a touch lighter than you may be used to from PTH, but there's nothing wrong with it. It gives "Mist" a very lush sound, and adds to the atmosphere of that long ride home and the foggy shores of Newfoundland. Perhaps the best part of "Mist" is the ending, comprised of about a minute and a half of acoustic guitar flecked with piano, something you don't get very often at all from Protest The Hero. It's all about the atmosphere here, and "Mist" definitely isn't falling short.
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