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In an age when nearly everything seems so easily traced to current trends or clichés from the past, THE MANDRAKE PROJECT arrives. The band’s music boasts a healthy helping of ornate instrumentation, slick production and dense orchestration. Their newest release “A MIRACULOUS CONTAINER” maintains a thick, cinematic ambiance that is ever changing and comfortably unpredictable. Its focus on huge melodies and breathtaking crescendos is intermittently assisted by ethereal vocals creating comparisons to falsetto luminaries like Jeff Buckley, Thom Yorke and Bono. The atmosphere that MANDRAKE PROJECT’S music concocts is one that will provide new experiences with each listen, and create a day-to-day soundtrack fitting any number of situations.
"A Miraculous Container really lives up to its name, for it is a remarkable and miraculous collection of songs that offers much in styles ranging from post progressive pop, acid jazz, classical, world, psychedelica, ambient and... britpop."
All About Jazz
"…cerebrally progressive but highly listenable... The bottom line is that this isn’t really jam band stuff, yet at the same time we see Jerry Garcia nodding pensively and appreciatively…These genre-defying gentlemen draw love from across the categorical spectrum."
DirectCurrentMusic.com
"A heavily orchestrated space adventure"
Scott Mervis - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Pittsburgh's cinematic buzz band Mandrake Project may be the best progressive rock band of the 2000s with equal parts Radiohead & Arvo Pärt, you know it's worth tuning in for a listen!"
John Diliberto - Echoes
"Rhythmically challenging and highly adventurous.Mandrake Project have crafted some engaging pieces here, backing it up with some splendid instrumentation."
Pete Pardo - Sea of Tranquility
"With a disc as beautiful and rich, I can only advise you to check it out very carefully at this marvel of the music industry."
MagicFireMusic.com
