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Justin Connor’s debut album, Kaliyuga, boldly sets out to go where no CD has ever gone before. Can you imagine floating through a sonic montage of spacy melodies, introspective lyrics, and a soulful, meditative voice reminiscent of a young Roger Waters? Curious? Any fan of Pink Floyd, Radiohead, The Velvet Underground, or Beck will undoubtedly fall in love with Kaliyuga, which showcases Justin’s knack for crafty songwriting and catchy riffs that seek to soothe the senses with a common collective thread of consciousness. In case your Hindu is rusty, the album title,Kaliyuga, is a Vedic reference to the world’s fourth and most decadent age – an age defined by an overall deterioration of human existence. Justin explores this theme with a fearless celebration of various musical styles, infusing dreamy landscapes, lush arrangements, 70’s classic rock acoustics, honky tonk pianos, and spacy mantras. In the process, he’s created not only an accessible singer-songwriter pop album, but a genre defining sound with style to spare. Numerous critics have hailed Kaliyuga as one of the most innovative singer-songwriter CD’s to come along in years. One recent review summed it up best. “Justin Connor is well-schooled in the art of songwriting; the songs exude a kind of cheery melancholy and tragic beauty that’s hard to describe any other way. These are songs for the end of the world – an end that you won’t mind at all.” Guaranteed to give you goose bumps, Kaliyuga will not only transport you to new forms of consciousness, but will take you on an existential trip you may never want to end. So how does Kaliyuga sound?
Glad you asked!
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“Surprisingly
good…the guy sounds like Bob Dylan, The Beatles, and The Velvet
Underground, but acoustic, and he does it in an original way… - www.theship-wreck.com “Justin
Connor’s Kaliyuga boldly sets out to go where no CD has ever
gone. Though decidedly contemporary and rather quirky in its originality,
the music’s lush and lovely production work demonstrates how
good this record can get. There are surprises throughout with ambient
sounds, layers of harmony, unexpected changes, and shifting dynamics.
Yet with all of this, the music remains sufficiently pop, a collage
of sections and sounds altogether like something from an early 70’s
concept album. The compressed vocals, sound effects, and studio tricks
in Behind the Sun and Lull fuel Connor’s lyrics, which can be
sharp and cynically paranoid - www.minor7th.com
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