by Karl Magi
Octal Drive’s “Yesterday” has a percussive beginning with actively intermingling, ‘80s sounding drums as a bell-like jazz organ summons a nostalgic melody that is full of beautiful images from a time gone by. Chiming tones create calm as ringing notes above them exude dawn-like brightness before the main theme dreams and yearns for past magic.
Octal Drive’s guitar cuts in with warm tones that grasp me with their evocation of great times gone by the jazz organ echoing with relaxation, summoning hope and evoking new memories being made, as wonderful as what’s gone before.
A sense of relief moves from the guitar, reaching out with gold-tinged thoughts of yesterday while the jazz organ sings an enchanting melody. The sparkling background balances with the richly emotional guitar, painting pictures of precious dreams that remain in one's mind before silence falls.
