Kevin Moore releases another album this year... As with the previous release "Ghost Book", also this new album is soundtrack. "Graveyard Mountain Home" is third Chroma Key album. Kevin Moore got inspired by writing the score "Ghost Book" for the Turkish horror comedy "Okul". "Instead of developing song ideas out of nothing I could write music for the events happening on the screen which gave me moods and structures", Moore noticed. So basically Moore looked for an old movie which he could use as a kind of blueprint for the album. The movie he used, is a 1955 film called "Age 13". According to InsideOut's website, "the movie deals with a boy who wants to bring his late mother back to life by staring at a radio that his mother often had listened to." Moore reduced the movie to half of its speed and developed sounds fitting to the scenes.

I listened to this album three times before watching the movie... Those careful listens proved how emotional and refined playing this album contained. Moore has crafted delicate soundscapes that float around in the distance. Every now and then there are subtle changes in atmosphere, and the music flows without any interruptions throughout the whole album.

Production on this album is quite good. The sounds are relatively clean, and occasional background noises, clips etc. are used to create the atmosphere... However, some sounds are a bit piercing to the ear when listened through headphones.

Depending on taste, one could consider "Graveyard Mountain Home" the best Chroma Key album released thus far. However, it's important how you listen to it. If listened wrong, it sounds quite bad (my second listening wasn't so concentrated, and during that listening I thought this album sucked).

By the way, there are two different versions of "Graveyard Mountain Home". It's released as a regular edition with jewel case, a 8-page booklet and "Age 13" in Quicktime format included on the CD. It's also released as a special edition in digipak (multi-foldout cover with gimmick stamped out), plus "Age 13" on a bonus DVD.

Release date: 15.11.2004

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- MAGE (01.11.2004)

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LINE-UP:
Moore, Kevin: Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Programming Ünal, Utku: Drums Patterson, Theron: Programming on Tracks 4, 8 & 14, Bass Akdeniz, Bige: Additional Vocals and Lyrics on Tracks 9 and 13 Nekrasov, Bob: Monologue on Track 8 Helvacioðlu, Erdem: Additional Guitar on Track 3
Producer:	Moore, Kevin
Mixing by:	Moore, Kevin
Mastering by:	Unavailable

	TRACKLIST:
	01. Acknowledgement 02. Give Up Some 03. Come on to Bed 04. Radio Repairman 05. Graveyard Mountain Home 06. He Started With the Cat 07. Before You Started 08. Miserable Sufferings 09. Come in, Over 10. Pure Laughter 11. Andrew Was Drowning His Stepfather 12. Sad Sad Movie 13. True and Lost 14. Okay?