Keep Your Eyes Ahead

 
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Helio Sequence
Keep Your Eyes Ahead

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Release Date: Friday 12 October 2018

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This reissue celebrates the tenth anniversary of The Helio Sequence's landmark album 'Keep Your Eyes Ahead' with a full remaster of the original album, plus a second album of demos, alternate versions, and outtakes from the same era.

After 3 albums and ten years of touring and recording, The Helio Sequence (Brandon Summers and Benjamin Weikel) recorded their most dynamic, extraordinary album, 'Keep Your Eyes Ahead'. 'Keep Your Eyes Ahead' married the Portland duo's signature layered keyboards and impossibly big guitars with crisp songwriting and a relatively minimalist approach. The finger picking on "Shed Your Love" is backed by exquisite strings and ambient noise, but Summers' serene, self-assured delivery remains front and centre. While songs from the band's early releases spanned up to 7 minutes, even the longest, lushest, catchiest track on Keep Your Eyes Ahead (fiery anthem "Hallelujah") clocks in at 4 and a half minutes, evidence of just how refined their craft had become. Vocals were recorded spontaneously in bedroom closets and living rooms, which may explain the haunting urgency you hear in Brandon's voice, especially on the driving title track.

Tracks:

1. Lately (Remastered)
2. Can't Say No (Remastered)
3. The Captive Mind (Remastered)
4. You Can Come to Me (Remastered)
5. Shed Your Love (Remastered)
6. Keep Your Eyes Ahead (Remastered)
7. Back to This (Remastered)
8. Hallelujah (Remastered)
9. Broken Afternoon (Remastered)
10. No Regrets (Remastered)
11. Turn the Page
12. Up Against Time
13. Heart Disease
14. No Regrets (Electric)
15. January
16. No Regrets (Keyboards)
17. All of These Things
18. Almost Morning (Demo)
19. Broken Afternoon (Solo)
20. April (Demo)
21. No Regrets (Acoustic)