Vly - I (Time) [CD]

I / (Time) is the debut album by a diverse collective spread across the Atlantic Ocean. I hear spacious arrangements; I hear solid musicianship; I hear off-kilter chord progressions; but mostly I hear a band for which I am obviously not the audience. Vly play melodic, dream-like, spaced-out, progressive rock. Here is the backstory from New York-based singer Keith Gladysz: "The music and collaborative art I've made always started with people I knew, and creating naturally came out of that understanding. That's not the case with Vly. We managed to make an album without ever meeting. There was no gauge or reference point except for the music. It was a total shot in the dark." So that explains it.