Michael Ferentino, mastermind behind Love in Reverse and Bedtime for Robots, has released his first solo album in sixteen years. It's a remarkable achievement that covers many melodious levels: well worth the wait, but how did we ever exist without it?
Dear Departed consists of ten, exquisite tracks: the first half being a lyrical tribute to the pleasurable, eclectic music we (that is, "older" folks) grew up on, with the second half taking a leap into hopes and visions yet to populate.
Each track is haunting, sweet, woeful and optimistic, hardened by thoughts of loneliness, fulfillment and identifiable desires, enriched by sweeping, empathetic chords and Ferentino's always moving, magnetic voice. The album has become my new, magical soundtrack. (In fact, the title track has been my steadfast companion ever since I got a taste, distinguishing my sunlit trails and raucous reveries. Dear Departed's "futuristic" entries will surely accompany my writing binges, in that they invoke the sort of driving, get-off-your-ass blast that only Ferentino can form.)
To anyone who's absorbed his musical visions, Ferentino is an insightful genius of the best and most sublime kind. Dear Departed only fortifies this view. You're gonna like what you hear--and feel--in a most monumental way!!!
Snap on those headphones and give a listen at ... https://www.facebook.com/mferentino/videos/10157040809347138/UzpfSTEwMDAwNzY4OTE4Mzc0MToyMjEwMzg1NzUyNTYxMDQz/.
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