Listen to the Song: The final track on the Nine Fine Lines album is a song written to sum up the conclusion of the Imaginary Lines era for Ric Albano. This simple and short song features an upbeat, rotating...
Listen to the Song: The first part of the lyrics to “Tommy’s Got a Gun” was written by Ric Albano shortly after the suicide of author Hunter S. Thompson in February 2005. A few months later Thompson’s suicide note...
“She Said” is a lyrical riddle built on juxtaposed lyrics from classic rock songs – in total nine different songs from nine different artists. In this sense, the song has a non-linear story, although Ric Albano did provide completely...
Listen to the Song: This bluesy track was one of the more difficult to record, mainly because it employs four different rhythmic tempos. The original 2007 track featured a simple arrangement of only piano and bass by Ric Albano...
Listen to the Song: “The Phoenix” was written by Ric Albano on his birthday in 2004 as a symbolic allegory of his return to making recorded music with the new Imaginary Lines, after an 8 year hiatus from any...
“Here on the Beach” was originally composed as the final part of “Ocean Suite”, a four-part suite that included “The Old Man and the Sea”, “Twilight of Innocence” and “Dawning of Decadence”. Three of the four pieces were included...
Listen to the Song: “Lorelei” is a very unique track in the Sinclair Soul collection, as the recording on The Nine Fine Lines version of “Lorelei” is a mosaic of bits and pieces recorded at various studios of the...
Listen to the Song: With lyrics that highlight the vanity and absurdity of Hollywood icons and their sycophantic press, “Perfect Light” is one of the more biting and sarcastic songs thematically. Musically, this song features a unique Baroque style...
Listen to the Song: The opening track on the album Nine Fine Lines has gone through many iterations and name changes since it was first composed as an instrumental in 2006. The instrumental’s working title was “Hermit” but with...
The third official album by Sinclair Soul, a nine song LP entitled Nine Fine Lines, was released in digital format on September 9, 2018. All tracks are original songs by Ric Albano and were recorded along drummer Ron Simasek,...