Patrick O’Hearn – Metaphor

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1 Patience My Friend 04:53
2 Crossing the Divide 04:54
3 Peace Be With You 03:55
4 The Women of Lachaise 05:11
5 Drive 05:37
6 Let Truth Prevail 05:29
7 Images in Stone 04:09
8 All Quiet Now 04:03
9 Faith and Endurance 05:49

Patrick O’Hearns best. When you first get a Patrick album, the songs sound nice, but you don’t love them immediately. You have to listen to each album every day for 2 weeks to fall in love with a few of the songs. Call the style “Experimental Jazz-based New Age.” Similar to Tangerine Dream, but the sounds here are not so exotic. The whole album is great; the tracks “Faith and Endurance,” “Let Truth Prevail,” and “Crossing the Divide” are masterpieces. Each exhibits his unique genius at playing the melodic line of a song super-slowly. (Taking many measures per note.) The second also has a wonderful experiment in playing the melodic line on a piano with one finger. I can’t imagine how he made it so great!