VAST, Turquoise & Crimson

US, 2005

Terminating VAST's record deal was pretty much the best thing Elektra did for Jon Crosby, as he pretty much jumped straight back with the collection of recordings that would ultimately form Turquoise & Crimson. While on the label front things continued to run amiss, the songs are a return to most of the elements of their debut and are not to be missed.

Playlist:

Turquoise

01 - Turquoise
02 - Ecstasy
03 - Be With Me
04 - Thrown Away
05 - Don't Take Your Love Away
06 - Falling From the Sky
07 - Candle
08 - I Woke Up LA
09 - I Can't Say No (To You)
10 - Desert Garden

Crimson

01 - Dead Angels
02 - I Need to Say Goodbye
03 - Lost
04 - Winter in My Heart
05 - All I Found Was You (Japanese Fantasy)
06 - That's My Boy
07 - Evil Little Girl
08 - Beautiful
09 - Señorita
10 - Where It Never Rains
11 - Bruise
12 - Goodbye

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VAST, Visual Audio Sensory Theater

United States, 1998.
Industrial rock meets buddhist chants in one of the best debut albums I have ever heard. Against all odds, and despite "Touched" making it onto the Beach OST, this album passed under the mainstream radar. Later releases failed to achieve increased visibility and label changes ensued.

1. here
2. touched
3. dirty hole
4. pretty when you cry
5. i'm dying
6. flames
7. temptation
8. three doors
9. the niles edge
10. somewhere else to be
11. untitled
12. you

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