Doomsday Afternoon
| Professional ratings |
| Review scores |
| Source |
Rating |
| Mark Hughes, DPRP |
(10/10)[1] |
| Tom De Val, DPRP |
(9/10)[2] |
| HardRockHouse.com |
(8/10)[3] |
| Metal Storm |
(9/10)[4] |
| Music Emissions |
[5] |
| Prog-Nose |
(6.5/10)[6] |
| ProGGnosis |
(9/10)[7] |
| Sea of Tranquility |
[8] |
| Space Rock |
[9] |
| usaprogmusic.com |
(9.6/10)[10] |
Doomsday Afternoon is the sixth studio album by American musician Phideaux Xavier, and the second part of his projected "Trilogy" of albums dealing with "Big Brother" authoritarianism and ecological crisis, after Part One, "The Great Leap". It features more elaborate progressive rock song structures, somewhat relating to Chupacabras and his next two albums.
As of mid-February, 2009, the album was listed as the Progarchives TOP Progressive Rock Album for 2007.[11]
Track listing
Act One
- "Micro Softdeathstar" - 11:17
- "The Doctrine of Eternal Ice (Part One)" - 3:01
- "Candybrain" - 4:06
- "Crumble" - 2:55
- "The Doctrine of Eternal Ice (Part Two)" - 8:08
Act Two
- "Thank You For The Evil" - 9:18
- "A Wasteland Of Memories" - 2:22
- "Crumble" - 2:55
- "Formaldehyde" - 8:17
- "Microdeath Softstar" - 14:40
Personnel
- Rich Hutchins – drums
- Ariel Farber – vocals, handclaps
- Valerie Gracious – piano, vocals
- Mathew Kennedy – bass guitar
- Gabriel Moffat – lap steel guitar, solo & electric guitar, textures, treatments, transitions
- Linda Ruttan Moldawsky – vocals
- Molly Ruttan – vocals
- Mark Sherkus – hammond B3, minimoog, ARP string ensemble, korg KARMA, sampler
- Phideaux Xavier – piano, rhodes, moog voyager, 6 & 12 string guitar, vocals
References