What a surprise, as 2008 is fading away, there is the new Bruce McCosar's opus. He invites us on the sister planet for a new sound experience. The whole album is very consistent. I'm still a big fan of Bruce's bass play. But fortunately the Hammond organ is still there and so the clear sound of the guitar. Some very well done synthesized sounds are also there to provide the right atmospheres. The rythm is always right in place. The mix is perfect. And the melodies can spead over such a strong basis. I appreciated particularly the interesting guitar arpegios ans some of soli are very powerful. Thank you for this new album. Still fan of your works

Some of these songs tell a story and others express the inarticulate longings of the human heart. Excellent jazz and rock and some of those mixed genres were just outstanding. Lots of warm, sweet tones, mellow and pleasant beats. It is very nice to listen to on a chilly fall day - makes me feel warm and cozy. I enjoy this artist's work. This is the second album of his I have listened to and I plan on enjoying all the others (I'm going backwards). The album cover is very attractive, it seems to have a strange glow to it.

Todavía no sé cómo agradecer a Jamendo y a los Mvskoke que me hayan permitido escuchar al buen Bruce. Éste es uno de mis álbumes favoritos obtenidos de Jamendo, con un sonido que recuerda al mismo tiempo lo orgánico y lo artificial. La conversación que se desarrolla con el theremin y la guitarra en Ironclad Evidence borda la genialidad jazzística, al menos en mi humilde pero no por ello menos autorizada opinión. Es interesante que todo el album lo realizó McCosar por sí mismo, cuando un álbum comercial de ésta calidad hubiera costado varios miles de dólares; esto sólo demuestra que cuando se quiere hacer música no hay limitaciones para la creatividad. Éste álbum lo escuché por primera vez mientras leía La Guerra de los Mundos, y puedo decir que fue un complemento fabuloso. Thank you, Bruce, for this amazing album.

McCosar is clever and talented. The range of emotion is his music is very pleasing and very enjoyable to listen to. His songs are a journey throughout this album. I've been impressed with his albums so far and look forward to more.

Bruce really does have a knack and talent for making perfect, atmospheric-al,captivating,emotional,enchanting,stirring, magical,mystical,heart warming,interesting, captivating,compelling,ambient,rock,fusion,metal,progressive,jazzy music, that has depth,soul,spirit and passion. Let your ears and heart, let alone soul, have the true pleasure to experience this album by Bruce H. McCosar

Nice start, a lovely intro. Whirlpool of Memory has a lovely lilt to it and good intonation. Good enough to save a nation! Excellent fusion with a magical other-world transcendence ingrained beautifully well, without being long-form. Clever ability. Well controlled sense of drama in the second track, nice keyboards, simple but effective. Jazz for me when I was a child was Krupa and Buddy Rich, then I discovered Billy Cobham, Buddy Miles, Weather Report and Pat Metheny's collective. To listen to this album is about re-experiencing all that and more. More, because of the fusion but more because music is a fantastic means of communication. That seems a subtle presence here, and even if not, great sounds in the meantime. Looking at the track titles suggests a metaphor of current affairs, but that's very present in my mind and part of my subjective assimilation of these great sound constructions. Music has always been a preferable way to get a point across, be it regarding things on a personal level upwards to the way the world in functioning, or not, as the case may be. When I was a teenager, my musical tastes were very politically motivated. 786 Miles has a wonderful sense of calm before the storm in a manner of speaking, even though the invasion has already taken place, maybe not yet the bombardment. Is it the length of the proposed pipeline, or am I being too cynical? I would like to think that there is a point to this lovely musical creation. What a way to go about transferring, roots-up viewpoints and educating the masses of people who download and go even, maybe subliminally. Maybe we need an upsurge to combat that supermarket array of options that all sound strangely familiar and superficial. Everyone seems bent on becoming a celebrity, and not saying something useful in the process necessarily, though to be fair, a few do manage, even fewer actually help, some just for the PR spin. Like I said cynical perhaps, but that's me. And it's only fair that a review should reflect a part of me as much as the musician has done in creation. A Storm of Falling Leaves, leaves little to my imagination. Remember napalm? Remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Plenty of defoliation going on then, and a storm it would have been, for sure. Poignant in its pose, so it seems to me. Almost sad in places. Nice emotional transfer perhaps? A beatiful description of a horror as semantic counterpoint maybe. Night and the Telescope, brings to mind how war is conducted from a great distance sometimes, helps with the conscientious disassociation of what's really going on, and it is also a reflection of the world into the observer. Even if at such a distance, it is still real. Ironclad Evidence is great musically, I love the keyboard/guitar conversation, but however ironclad it may seem, iron rusts over time. Decay becomes an inherent acceptance that nothing lasts forever, especially oil. And evidence can not simply be circumstantial but a downright falsehood at times, an excuse to conduct yourself in a particular fashion. Everything is subjective, especially this review! Now, another thing I favoured in my childhood, was my kaleidoscope. No computer video games, just a simple toy that brought so much joy. This album has brought me joy, genuinely. Nice work indeed and very much enjoyed by me.

a bit overdue but as always, plenty of depth and variety to this album and yet two of Bruce's main strengths, bass and the wondrous Hammond organ sounds (forget about plugin synths, nothing will sound as good as Bruce playing a Hammond). The Morning The Stars Began To Fall and the Pink Floyd-esque 786 Miles (with some awesome recorded and mixed guitar especially) are the highlights of a fantastic album worth a repeat listen or three.