Faith and the Muse - The Burning Season

It's the rare artist who can really rock hard as well as really make pretty (for lack of a better word) music. I don't mean a mellow act that does the occasional uptempo number. I mean musicians that can create beautiful music that stops you in your tracks; the same musicians that just a few songs earlier were making you play air guitar. Faith and the Muse achieve just that with The Burning Season. The album opens up with full-on rocker Sredni Vashtar. A few songs later In the Amber Room wafts out, a 180-degree turn. Many artists talk the talk of expanding their sound. Faith and the Muse walk the walk.