Since 1979, George Bolton – The Screaming Pope – has been crafting techno music and working as a session musician and songwriter with many bands…now, he’s released his new album “The Era Of Possibilities”, a 12 track journey into uncharted territories…and he takes us through it gracefully…
Originally, the music veteran is a graduate of art school…and he does his artwork and his music videos…actually he worked on many music videos with producers with plays on VH1 and MTV.
Let me tell you the story of the journey that’s encapsulated into “The Era Of Possibilities”…
The Screaming Pope starts his album with a very cinematic and storytelling track titled “Intro To The Era”…it’s exactly what it claims to be, an intro to this journey and into a whole new world.
…with very strong and clear storytelling elements, George makes sure we fully understand what kind of journey we’re embarking on…
“The Era Of Possibilities” is a uniquely melodic electronic album…full of beautiful melodies, hooks, beats and musicality…while also being very dynamic and varied…you’ll get to experience many sides of George here…and we also get to explore many sides of ourselves too.
For example, with its third track “Your Heart Is The Power”…George explores a chill mood with a very catchy musical progression that keeps you enchanted for its duration…
…then you have something like his track “Ghost”…it’s a completely different world out there…it is dark and edgy sounding…it’s like George is making a soundtrack to his ideas.
…and once again you get the musical diversity with a track like “Don’t Squeeze The Shaman”…something that starts with a catchy piano riff then builds up bit by bit…with a very solid and tight percussive background to its main melodies…this track is more downbeat that the other tracks…it’s a slow burner…
“You” is another excellent example of the variety and musical flexibility that George shows in this album…it’s a song, not an instrumental with vocal elements…it’s also not a techno or electronic song, thought it has some electronic elements…but it is a very strong musical song with guitars and prominent pop/rock elements…George is not exploring many musical ideas and concepts here…it’s not his first time around here, obviously, he’s leading the way more than exploring it.
It feels like he’s been there before, but we haven’t…he’s taking our hands and showing us the way and maneuvering us with these different musical concepts…and he’s one of the best explorers out there to make this happen.
The album is an absolute blast of enjoyment to go through and experience it all…try even to do that in one sitting, you’ll lose sense of time and get completely sucked into this amazing world that George has created masterfully…
Every track on “The Era Of Possibilities” is like a fully developed character with his own background and personal growth in a movie…each track has its own charisma and personality…
I keep thinking of my experience with this album as reading a novel…first of all, it’s more than the sum of its parts, whether character development, story, imagination…”The Era Of Possibilities” is a highly recommended listen to anyone who wants to enjoy a rich musical experience…it also has a rap track…I can’t stop talking about this album…
Wishing George, The Screaming Pope, all the best in the world with his personal and professional lives…he definitely deserves that and a lot more.
Can’t wait to see what kind of journey he’ll take us on next time…I’m sure it’s going to be an epic one…go check out his album “The Era Of Possibilities” right now…you deserve to experience this one.
Cheers!