If it feels like it's been longer than a decade since the release of a new album from The Tea Party, you're forgiven; previous studio LP Seven Circles is all but forgotten by all but hardcore fans (lead single Writing's On The Wall , in addition to being prophetic for the band at the time, failed to make much of a lasting impact alongside their biggest and brightest successes). In fact, there are a lot of folks for whom everything became a bit of a blur after the band started dabbling with keyboards on fourth album Transmission back in '97. And yet, here we are, a decade removed from the last blast of new tunes with The Ocean At The End , album number eight for a band looking to reclaim some of the glory that faded at home so long ago (in Australia, they've always been adored). With that said, The Ocean At The End is a hard record to judge properly from a longtime fan's perspective. On the surface, it does everything right; the wild array of instrumentatio...
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