Bush - Sea Of Memories

After some weak ass albums and a solo career, if you can call it that the reunion of Bush comes about. This album kicks off with the excellent "The Mirror Of The Signs" which shows some of the spirit of the strongest albums Stone & Razorblade. I've been enjoying the first single for awhile now after watching them on Kimmel. The album is produced nicely allowing the band to keep their grunge tinged alternative rock of the 90's but showing major growth with a very nice modern mix to the songs. Gavin sounds great when he's in the lower register of his voice but does strain to get that big shrieking growl at his age now. One of the stronger songs "Afterlife" has plenty for fans of the first two or three albums with its pure 90's rock sound.

On the first slow song Gavin and company do a good job of writing a ballad that doesn't suck. It has a decent chorus and piano that gives way to the Bush guitar sound building the power of the song to a climax. This album is absolutely worth the price of admission and continues all the way through to the end giving Bush their best album since the debut. This album deserves to be in your collection and will earn many plays with all the strong material this band has come up with since Golden State. I wouldn't be surprised if some of this came from old sessions from 1996.