The Broadcast

"Believe me what I say to you
That every word is true.
That a change is going to come --
You can hear it in the broadcast on your radio.

Why are you running, was it something that somebody said?
What are you hiding from? Are the voices alone in your head?
I can make it look natural, 'cause the more that you see
Is the less that you know, is the more that you give..."

Cutting Crew: The Broadcast
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Jon Anderson & the Band Geeks: True (released 23 August 2024)

01 True Messenger (5:50)
02 Shine On (4:18)
03 Counties and Countries (9:51)
04 Build Me an Ocean (3:20)
05 Still a Friend (5:02)
06 Realization Part II (3:33)
07 Once Upon a Dream (16:32)
08 Thank God (3:49)





In March 2024, Jon Anderson announced that a new tour, titled "Yes: Epics, Classics and More" would begin with the Band Geeks as a backing band, who had previously been on tour with Anderson. Alongside this announcement, Band Geeks member and co-producer Richie Castellano also announced that they were working on a new studio album.The label Frontier Records described it as "a collection of songs that harkens back to Yes’s classic 70’s sounds as well as to their latter-day success with the album 90125." Two singles and music videos were released in promotion of the album, "Shine On" on 13 June 2024 and "True Messenger" on 29 July 2024.

About the album, Anderson told Classic Rock Magazine: "I’ve got the Yes that I wanted" and called the album "like a gift from the heavens" and the recording process "one of the most wonderful experiences of my life."

Chris Roberts of Louder Sound was positive towards the album, giving it a 4/5. They described it as his best work since 2016's Invention of Knowledge, hugging "the corners of Seventies (as opposed to Eighties) Yes with just the right balance of mimicry and mutability". The main highlight was the longest track, "Once Upon a Dream" which they stated was reminiscent of the Yes album Fragile.

True Messenger

"Everyone can see each day
Chasing all the sense of understanding
Dancing on the powerline
Chiming the sense, the storyline
We can see it, we will all believe you

You are everyone, you are me
You are everyone, you are free."

Jon Anderson & the Band Geeks: True Messenger
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