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Today's Song for Tomorrow

by Lord Sterling

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1.
Pivotal Plane 04:40
2.
This Time it's for Real 03:23
3.
Hidden Flame 06:08
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Thread Will be Torn 03:57
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Password 05:10
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Poison Lips 05:15
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Evaporate 05:33
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Tough Times For The Troubadours 03:19
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Today's Song for Tomorrow 06:24
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Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 11:33

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Call them a Nuggets band for the 21st century, or perhaps an East Coast reflection of the Brian Jonestown Massacre (minus the self-destructive, delusional lunacy), but you're better off not even trying to compare Lord Sterling to anyone else. The fact is, these New Jersey mainstays possess so many different influences within their unique sonic aesthetic as to transcend most easy categories -- certainly the stoner rock scene, into which they've often been unfairly lumped over the years. With their third album, 2004's Today's Song for Tomorrow, Lord Sterling drive this notion home with what is possibly their most relaxed, eclectic, but cohesive collection of songs yet. To wit: the hypnotic swirl of "Pivotal Planes" opens the album with harmonious swathes of spacey Moog and guitar noise, while ensuing numbers like "This Time It's for Real," "Poison Lips," and the electric sitar-driven "Hidden Flame" recall Jersey neighbors Gallery of Mites (a musical collective featuring Lord Sterling bassist Jim Baglino, incidentally) with their swinging, retro-garage Nuggets' feel. Intermittently, the band takes it down a notch with lysergic examples of pure, modern psychedelia (yes, that's redundant, but you get the picture) with the head-swaying title track, the dreamy "Thread Will Be Torn," "Evaporate," and the steadily mounting, wonderfully cryptic "Password." The straight-up punk rage of "Tough Times for the Troubadours" is possibly the album's biggest anomaly; and wrapping up Today's Song for Tomorrow's pleasantly surprising diversity is a sleepy, snail-paced, 11-minute rendition of Pink Floyd's "Set Your Controls for the Heart of the Sun" -- just like the original, come to think of it!

credits

released July 27, 2004

Jim Baglino: Bass Guitar, Moog, Baritone Guitar, Echoplex
Robert Ryan: Vocals, Electric Sitar, Harmonium, Shenai, Percussion
Mike Schweigert: Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitar, Slide Guitar, Moog, Percussion
Jason Silverio: Drums and Percussion

Additional Personnel:
Keith Ackerman: Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Shane M. Green: Hammond Organ, Piano, Strings

Cover Painting by Neil O'Brien
Black and White Photo by Sara Stadtmiller
Color Photo by Patrick Malpass
TV Skull Photo by Puddin
Layout by Jason Silverio

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