Tales From The Moon (Album)

"INFO: THIS PAGE REFERS TO AN UPCOMING RELEASE; IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT OUR PAGES REFLECT GENUINE INFORMATION, WE HAVE ENSURED THAT THE INFORMATION IS DERIVED FROM APPROPRIATE SOURCES."Tales From The Moon is an upcoming album by The Great Canon Orchestra, more commonly referred to as TGCO. The album's theme is directly focused on space, with two main movements, 'Lunar' and 'Solar Storm'. The former being a softer, haunting and more dreamy collection of songs, and the latter being a more powerful selection.

The album was officially announced in late-July of 2021, with no official release date confirmed. Though speculation led to the belief that the album would be released in early-August of the same year, TGCO's management confirmed that the album would most-likely be released in mid-to-late Autumn of 2021.

This isn't the first time TGCO have let their audience wait a long period of time for an upcoming album, their 1980 debut album, 'To Live A Moment Longer' was released just short of six months after promotion began, and their 1988 album, 'The Tree Of Life' was released four months after teasing commenced.

Movements
The standard copy of the album features eight songs, or two movements, each comprising of four tracks. This style of album is completely new to The Great Canon Orchestra, as their previous albums have followed standard procedure of featuring one movement.

The first movement, 'Lunar', is a slower, more emotional one. The four songs vary to a certain degree, but none vary too much in instrumentation, as each of them features slow, melancholy synth-pads. The second track, 'Lunar, pt. 2' is the lead track in the album, featuring the piccolo, an instrument seldom found in TGCO albums since the days of To Live A Moment Longer in 1980, some 41 years before the release of the album.

The second movement, 'Solar Storm', evokes a stronger, more pessimistic set of tracks. It strays greatly from the earlier works of The Great Canon Orchestra, and forms a strong part of this new age of TGCO.

Speculation

 * It is commonly believed that this album will mark an end to The Great Canon Orchestra. Multiple "hints" from TGCO suggest that this may in fact be the final studio album. There is no strong evidence to support this speculation.
 * It was misconstrued that because The Great Canon Orchestra have chosen a different format for this album, that there was a different line-up, and that some or all of the original members had left the group. This was proven to be false, with Nick Brockett, a founding member commenting, "Nope, we're all still here, all still making music. 😎😁🤩".
 * It is possible that TGCO will use this album to mark an end to their 40th anniversary celebrations, which have been the highlight of their performance over the past year.

Reception
The album proved to be very popular, with many people streaming the single, ‘Lunar, Pt. II’, ahead of the release of the full album in November of 2021.

The album was awarded WBM album of the year in December of 2021, the first time TGCO have ever received any form of award for any of their musical releases. It is their most popular album to date, as it surpassed the sales of their formerly most popular album, ‘Profiles’ within just 5 weeks of the release date.

Due to the popularity, the album is set for vinyl release in late 2022.