MASTERS OF REALITY - Pine/Cross Dover Release Postponed; Tracklisting Revealed
August 15, 2008, 15 years ago
The release date for the new MASTERS OF REALITY album, Pine/Cross Dover, has been postponed. The title will now be out on October 20 through Brownhouse/Mascot Records.
The tracklisting:
Part One: Pine - 'Absinthe, Jim And Me', 'King Richard TLH', 'Worm In The Silk', 'Always', 'Johnny's Dream'.
Part Two: Cross Dover - 'Up In It', 'Dreamtime Stomp', 'Rosie's Presence', 'The Whore Of New Orleans', 'The Pharacies Fall', 'The Wicked Flood', 'Testify To Love', 'Alfalfa'.
A recent report from Greg Prato at Billboard.com revealed:
Although Chris Goss is probably best known for his production/engineering talents (having worked with UNKLE, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS and, most extensively, KYUSS and QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE), since the late '80s, he has been issuing albums as the leader of Masters Of Reality.
On the group's sixth studio release, Pine/Cross Dover, Goss wanted to approach his songwriting from a different angle.
"It's really rhythmic-oriented. I called [drummer] John Leamy, and said, 'Get ready to play, because the drums are going to lead the way on this one'," Goss tells Billboard.com. "And they did. It's almost a jazzier, funkier Masters Of Reality. There's no acoustic guitars, there's not much 'Beatles' on this one. Which I'm proud of -- because I'm kinda tired of it!"Instead, the group nods toward Presence-era LED ZEPPELIN on 'Rosie's Presence' and the MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA on the improvised album-closing instrumental 'Alfalfa'.
Recording took place at the Hacienda in North Hollywood, where Goss also lived during the sessions. "It was engrossing to the point of a couple of months of waking up with my bathrobe and coffee, walking out to the back, sitting at the desk, and hitting play to hear what we did," he says. "I love that kind of focus -- there's no drive to the studio."
