+greekfreak1980 Kind of a new style for them. They were a bit more on the heavy chugging side earlier. Still a great band to listen to. Aaron Marshall can really play!! another band similar to this style that I can think of right now would be Polyphia
I definitely give Intervals props for sounding progressive without making use of those overly djenty off-beat rhythms. The mood, & texture is very upbeat and warm. Yummy!
+SeatofWisdom Concur completely. I was new to Save us from the Archon and Angel Vivaldi, so they warmed me up. Plini was outstanding. But Aaron blew it out of the water -- he sounds tremendous on stage and he easily has the chops to both replicate the sweet album quality + keep it fresh in a live setting.
Just had the honor of seeing these guys live along with Plini and Save us From the Archon. Best show of my life undoubtably! Plini and simon grove played guitar and bass for Intervals. SUFTA was awesome, plus their guitarist accidentally kicked a hole in the wall. Got to meet everyone and say hi. Plini was a fucking monster to say the least, as was Aaron! It's impossible to listen to such good music and not just grin like an idiot. So much fun, please come back to NC anytime :D
This is beautiful man. I love it when you can hear the growth and expansion of a musician/band from record to record. Fwiw, I prefer Intervals as an instrumental project. Thank you for the beautiful music. Hope you get to a show or two in New York. Peace! - themetalmystic
+Roderick Peterson Check out the Epiphany video and note the tone and riff around 0:55 - 1:25. Could just be me, but I thought it was pretty Petrucci-esque. Also note his axe lol
I wish they could do another song similar to The space in between- Begin. That was the most amazing song i ever heard , if you see this intervals please consider it !
was worried I wouldn't like this album as much as the last one since I loved the vocals but I love this album. Just wish the pre order wouldn't take so long to get to UK!
Found you on instagram about a week ago looking at guitar videos. It was a preview to one of you new coming songs that I am fucking pumped for!!! I have saved all you're new previews and I freaking love them. I hope to be as good as you some day, hopefully with a PRS like the black one you have XD never stop rocking bro.
He's actually being pretty objective, talent is just when other people perceive that you didn't put any hard work into being good at something, when in reality countless hours were spent on the activity, "talented" people have made it such an ingrained part of their daily life that it gets practiced every chance they get. My friends think I'm talented when it comes to guitar, no, I'm just an obsessive compulsive noodler that can't put a guitar down once I've picked it up because my hands constantly need to be doing something. Heck I've lost sleep because of it, lol, not saying that it's necessarily a bad thing, but anyways other people see only the result and they think "wow you're so talented, I wish I had that!"
+Swarky What are you talking about? Literally saying "You need to put in the hours of work to achieve this level of skill" is somehow "Participation prize". You have problems, one of them being reading comprehension. If you think "talent" exists in our bodies, you are objectively and scientifically wrong. Get real.
My biggest criticism of this album is that it can get a bit too jazzy and noodly at times, which isn't my thing. I'm more into riffs and grooves, so this song is easily my favourite on the album.
Not a hater though i love polyphia but this is how you combine feel and technique versus just playing technical or technically being good. Polyphia is good HANDS DOWN fast notes/crazy riffs but just sounding bland there's just no feel to it. anyway mad respect for this album wishing aaron all the best!
+Jure Zadravec intervals and chon > polyphia.... agreed polyphia sounds cool and all but it sounds like theyre just soloing over a backing track at times
+Joshua Jose I love Polyphia too -- Finale is my favorite song, because I think it perfectly combines technicality and melody, and I feel many instrumental groups completely neglect the latter in their modern works... -- but I just *feel* Aaron's groove a lot more. This album combines everything together seamlessly: power and calm; groove and the moves; tasty layers and strong solos; melody and technicality. An incredible job well-done to the new Intervals: I'm pumped to see Aaron and Plini tour in NYC in late March!
Went to look up the tab on Ultimate-Guitar and got bummed to see the artist had it removed...are you releasing or have you released a tab book for purchase for the album by any chance? I'm really wanting to try and learn this song in particular
+Chris H They're both such different beasts. The great part is, they're able to write around vocals too. The instrumentals just shine that much more when they're written without vox in mind. I'm elated with pretty much all of their work, vocals or not.
Aaron did a masterful job not just playing technically and shredding the entire album but also writing great compositions. The melodic guitar riffs that take the place of the vocals is absolutely amazing. You can totally imagine vocals being sung with the lead kinda popish and catchy melodies he's playing. But it's my pop melodies in a bad way, totally in the best way possible. He adds a lot of pop punk style riffs and chord progressions. Travis orbin put a lot of groove behind this album as well. I like Anup better than Travis but this album is definitly my favorite intervals album and quite honestly this just might reach one of the top instrumental albums of all time for me. That's how much I dig this album. Animals as leaders The Joy of motion, peripherys self titled instrumental , intervals the shape of colour, and chon's Grow are definitly my favorites and are all must have instrumental albums for this genre imo.