THE LONG DARK NIGHT GALLERY OF THE SOUL #004: RENDING THE VEIL

The Long Dark Night Gallery of the Soul #004: Rending the Veil

"So Russell, What Do You Love About Music? / To Begin With? Everything." - Almost Famous

I've hung out with a lot of musicians over the years, which has often left me with the desire to create an album. The problem with that is... I have little to no musical talent. Still, I can make my own version of an album, in an offhand way. This piece consists of nine "tracks", each of which is 4x4-inches, so when you put them all together the whole thing becomes the size of a standard vinyl album cover. I also decided to make it a concept album so, while each individual track has its own story behind it, they're all linked by a common theme. Like any concept album, some of the individual tracks are weaker than the others (I'm looking at you Track 5), but hopefully it all comes together to make a coherent whole. Now, as to what the unifying theme is, it's there in the album's title, Rending the Veil, a reference you'll probably get if you paid attention in Sunday School. But how does that theme relate to each track? Well, I'll leave that up to your imagination for the moment. Try to figure it out, or don't. Either way is fine. As always, critiques and criticisms are welcome.

Here's the track list... 

Rending the Veil Track 1 - Stendhal's Garden

Rending the Veil Track 2 - Pay No Attention

Rending the Veil Track 3 - All Ye Who Enter

Rending the Veil Track 4 - Another Midnight Conversation

Rending the Veil Track 5 - Skirting the Edges

Rending the Veil Track 6 - The Silent Walk

Rending the Veil Track 7 - Chapel of Salt

Rending the Veil Track 8 - After All, It's Not Easy

Rending the Veil Track 9 - Shall Not Prevail