Degarmo & Key - This Time Thru

Degarmo & Key - This Time ThruDeGarmo and Key's debut album This Time Thru set a new standard for high quality songwriting, musicianship, and production raising the bar for all the future albums to come. From the opening acoustic guitar intro to "Emmanuel," which soon explodes into a classic rock song filled with keyboards, guitar solos, passionate singing, and Biblically based lyrics, one is ushered into a sound that was every bit as high quality as anything being released in the

It includes fan-favorite cuts like "American Nightmare" and "Who Killed Marilyn

With their fifth studio album

After leaving the Buffalo Springfield because of a drug bust

bluesy atmospheres

and embedded lighthearted sketches amid the pumping kick drums and bass lines

eventually becoming one of the scene's leading figures as a result of his legendary '70's partnership with Ian Levine at the Blackpool Mecca

there are a handful of softer moments

This vinyl is a part of Atlantic Records' 75th Anniversary vinyl collection

this spacious musical environment is enhanced through the album which features a blend of dub reggae & space rock that once again harks back to the cross-cultural intermingling that was entirely unique to the UK free festival circuit & remains a fascinating relic from the very last days of that era

" - Steven Wilson

bassist Nathan East

Porro and Vallenato