On the overnight train to Venus

So it's impossible to not check something out when their name uses the words ANDROMEDA and MEGA and EXPRESS. Holy shit, why didn't I think of that? And the bad-ass name does the music no injustice. They've fused Morricone and Jean Claude Vannier with the celestial tendencies of Sun Ra, among other things. At once both progressive and nostalgic, they switch from toe-tapping bombast to eerie tediousness with an uncanny nonchalance that never appears gimmicky.

Its the type of music I imagine playing as Frank Sinatra walks around the Starship Enterprise on Christmas Eve. The crew on vacation, he sits on the bridge alone, entering his captain's log while gazing into the heavens and contemplating the inevitable existential crisis that is created when you are both a Starfleet commander and the most popular singer on Earth. Man, that would be awesome to see on the big screen.

This album really does weave a sonic narrative as you listen to it. I would post Take Off! in its entirety if I wasn't so lazy, but I'm not going to, so stop being a selfish asshole and BUY IT.



Song of the Day: Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra - Gamma Pluto Delta




On an unrelated, self-indulgent note, I really might have some interest in seeing the new Star Trek movie if they made it a musical.