I don't often dip back much and reminisce about my time in the music business. I'm a don't look back type of guy, but I couldn't resist on today's show sharing an anecdote or three because this project is all about music. I've got two new guests on the show with me, Rick Quinn and Dave Chisholm, who are promoting their new project Spectrum from Mad Cave Studios. There's going to be nothing like this on the shelves, it has the feel of an experimental piece of music and we spend a fair bit of time talking about Dave's approach artistically to this rather unorthodox story and I get to hear all about one of the most unique antagonists I've seen in quite some time, Echo, one of the Sustained who are a group of elemental beings who can alter reality through music, and she looks like Brigitte Nielsen got hooked up with Prince's clothing designer with a Cruella Deville fetish. It's memorable as is everything else about the project. I'm a big fan of Dave's work (Enter The Blue, Chasin’ The Bird: Charlie Parker in California, and Miles Davis and the Search for Sound) and wholeheartedly believe this is his best yet. Make sure to check it out.

From the publisher

Melody Parker is losing her mind. She’s living on the streets of Seattle during the WTO protests of 1999. She is seeing things. Androids. Aliens. Pigs in high fashion. And a creature named Echo—one of the Sustained: elemental beings with the power to alter reality through music. She invites Melody to join her as she brings about the end of the world. As Melody tries to escape this strange woman, suppressed memories from across vast spans of time flood into her awareness, bringing her very identity into question. You don’t want to miss this stunning new release from writer Rick Quinn and music-comic-specialist Dave Chisholm.

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