Sunday 8 January 2017

Deep Purple “Time For Bedlam”| Single review by Michael McKenna


Single Review by Michael McKenna
McKenna Review Agency & Nor'easter Magazine

Deep Purple have just released the new single “Time for Bedlam,” a track from their upcoming album, “inFinite”.

inFinite is the highly anticipated follow-up to their worldwide chart-topping effort “Now What?” and is due to drop on April 7, 2017. The LP was recorded in February 2016 in Nashville, TN and was once again helmed by Bob Ezrin, whose previous credits include work with Kiss, Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper and Kansas.
A limited edition EP for "Time For Bedlam" - with non-album songs and unreleased recordings - will be released on February 3, 2017. Deep Purple will support their 20th studio release with dates on The Long Goodbye tour, with speculation it may the group's farewell trek.

The word 'inFinite' is a three-dimensional, double-edged sword. It describes something that goes on forever in all directions; not unlike its temporal equivalent 'Eternal.' The track opens with a Pink Floyd/Moody Blues intro that announces that they are “ Descending the cold steps for the politically insane, never to be seen again, saying farewell to daylight, from henceforth I shall rot in a stinking bed of wet straw” sets the mood for what's to follow. The track then morphs into a percussion-guitar driven high energy piece with an infectious solo nicely accentuated by the monstrous keyboards reminiscent of early Kansas. The vocals are tight and grab your ass right from the door

Current members of Deep Purple include Ian Paice on drums & percussion, Roger Glover on bass, Ian Gillian on vox & harmonica, Steve Morse on guitar and Don Airey on keys replacing longtime member, John Lord.

If this single is any indication of what's to come, fans will be very surprised and satisfied with this much anticipated upcoming release in April. This single is totally AWESOME and on the Nor'easter Storm Scale, I give this my highest rating, a slamming FORCE 5!





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