While The War Began

by I Spy

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Gijs van Soest Unapologetically scratches my decades-old Genesis, Crimson, Floyd, and Supersister itch. Love the intricate instrumentation and songwriting. Special shout out to my little brother behind the kit. Favorite track: War: Wiper.

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1.	Unforgotten: Unforgotten 03:15		buy track
2.	Unforgotten: In Sight Of The Sun 02:27	lyrics	buy track
In Sight of the Sun Far away This voice I hear It seems so cold Scenes in this wilderness So far away from home He’s living in sight of the sun Living in sight of the sun Tell me how much do you really know For many don’t know there’s a line at the edge of the world Far away, this voice I hear, it seems so close Scenes in this wilderness, so far away from home, He’s living in sight of the sun, living in sight of the sun, He’s living in sight of the sun
3.	Unforgotten: Edge Of The World 04:22		buy track
4.	Unforgotten: Scars 03:55		buy track
5.	Unforgotten: Intensive Care 02:47		buy track
6.	Fearless: The Blue Lab 02:20		buy track
7.	Fearless: Superstitious 04:01		buy track
8.	Fearless: Nightingale 06:54		buy track
9.	Fearless: Fearless 02:27		buy track
10.	Fearless: Dreamchild 04:00		buy track
11.	Fearless: This 03:18		buy track
12.	War: Robotnik 03:03		buy track
13.	War: While The War Began 03:59		buy track
14.	War: Wiper 10:05		buy track
15.	War: Terminal One 04:04		buy track
16.	Odyssey: Cyclops 01:33		buy track
17.	Odyssey: Circe's Meadow 04:57		buy track
18.	Odyssey: Heaven's Gate 03:02		buy track
19.	Odyssey: Penelope 05:31		buy track
20.	Odyssey: The End So Far 03:45		buy track

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I Spy is a Dutch prog rock band with roots in the eighties. They enjoyed several hits in the Netherlands, their biggest being 'The International Feel', by the way: still worth checking out! They never quit, it took a while to record new material but they're back on the prog rock scene. From september 21, 2023 you will be able to hear the twenty beautifully crafted songs of double LP/CD 'While The War Began', their 'magnum opus'. Inspired by prog-rock royalty, the likes of Genesis, Yes, Pink Floyd and Jethro Tull, I Spy found an original voice.

Sides 1 and 2, 'Unforgotten' and 'Fearless', touch on emotional subjects, lyrical and almost spiritual, with birth, life, love and death as building blocks. Sides 3 and 4, 'War' and 'Odyssey', have a grand and worldly character, with elements of the epic tales of Homer. All-in-all a narrative bundle of compositions that have been fused into a rhapsody with hints of opera. Exciting, energetic, surprising, melodic and experimental.
Since the early days, I Spy consisted of Peter Duinkerken, Harry Poelman, Erik Westerhof and Aernout Steegstra. In the new millennium they were joined by drummer Joost van Soest, a relative youngster among these seasoned veterans of prog.

The album features many guest musicians among whom famous Dutch trumpetist Eric Vloeimans, well known singer/actor Inez Timmer, a string/horns section, a choir and - last but not least - the unique overwhelming sound of the (Schnitger) Martini Church Organ of Groningen (NL). As an appetizer the band released the single 'Superstitious' - a little bit more 'poppy' than the the other songs on the album but it is powerful and catchy and it features Eric Vloeimans blowing his lungs out. Grammy winning mastering engineer Darcy Proper (Donald Fagan) took care of the final sound of the whole album.

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