Sons of Otis - ExiledStretching out over the frozen great lakes like a great cloud of smoke across the water comes the triumphant return of Sons of Otis, that is. These hard drinkin', heavy hitting, good old Canadian boys have returned from their self imposed exile with a masterpiece of sonic retribution, aptly titled "Exiled." These six glorious tracks stretched out over sixty glorious minutes are reminiscent of the heyday of album oriented rock, when it didn't matter

on the left we have the human dystopia after we have destroyed Nature

straightforward

and the poetry in the libretto should only be it's "obedient daughter"

This development can be traced in the way the idea of Spring - a staple in the songs of the Nordic countries - changes from a sense of joy at the end to the hardships of winter to a metaphor for liberation from political oppression

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but today the boys also give concerts all over the world

"Chickery Chick"

ubiquitous inner tangles of life like self-examination and coming to terms with the vastness of the human experience

of ceremony and of recognition of the year gone by and changes it brought for better and for worse

When Hap's seductive ex-wife Trudy Fawst (Christina Hendricks) resurfaces with a deal they can't refuse

both as a soloist and as an accompanist

and "a reliable sense of pacing