Jeff Tundis is a musician who was formerly in the band Jazz Bastards. The band broke up and Tundis decided to make a solo release entitled The Empire Never Ended. There are ten songs on this album and they are a mix of funk and blues but mostly fit into the classic rock category.
The album gets going with “Lifeline” which mixes elements of funk and rock quite successfully. There are shades of Stevie Wonder as well as an amalgamation of classic rock bands. It’s a good start. “At The Sun” was a little more cosmic in scale. There are some Pink Floyd vibes here along with some prog rock influence. “The Bubble 2.0” is a high energy song that actually sounded too fast for me to feel settled on a groove while “GOP” seems to be influenced by ‘70s three chords English punk. “The Turning Pool'' feels like it is constantly ascending. This was a highlight amongst the batch and felt more original in a number of ways because the style didn’t feel on the nose. I also thought “Advice For The Wary Traveler'' was a highlight which was more of a Frank Zappa type structure by switching dynamics and melodic patterns quite suddenly. There is also a bit of Beach Boys style surf on this song. “Wishes Like Wine” gets into ’70s classic rock style rock again while “Spire” leans more towards prog rock. “4D” is the longest song and also a slow burn comparatively to the other songs with a longer instrumental section and also more experimental with dissonance. This is arguably the strongest song on the album. The last song is “Z” and is by far the most experimental and gets into John Cage territory. I liked this individually but it sounded out of place like it didn’t belong on this album. Tundis jumps around on this album swinging from different genres while never completely landing on a sound for too long. It felt like each song was influenced by a different set of individual artists from the ’60s and ’70s. On that note if you want a buffet of genres from that time period you will appreciate this.
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