Let me start by saying: this album ROCKS. Hard. End of story.

If you’re a classic rock fan like myself there’s nothing not to love here. Violet Sedan Chair stacks up nicely (in my opinion anyway) against the giants; Led Zeppelin, The Who, Pink Floyd, Queen, David Bowie, etc. And it does so with a unique and fresh sound all it’s own, paying homage to the classics without a hint of derivation. I have a new lifetime favorite here, and I would love it even if I’d never heard of Fringe. That said, THANK YOU Fringe producers for giving us this wonderful album to puzzle over and enjoy. When does the next (alterverse!) one come out?

So I’ve been listening carefully, researching and notating, and here’s my take on the album. Some of the lines I’m still not sure of, but this is as far as I can get. Maybe you guys can figure out the rest?

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Let’s begin with the album cover itself:

To me that looks an awful lot like this, down to the location of the glowy spot:

So what we have is a river with two banks that are (like parallel worlds) mirror images of each other. Each side of the divide has three suns, with a seventh rising up out of the space in between. Also spanning the gap is a woman’s face, which when turned upside down closely resembles Olivia in the tank with her hair spread around her. Reflected in the water of the first cover is (says me) the fetus from the apple glyph. Those flowers growing up the sides are Calla lilies. They symbolize purity, holiness, youth, innocence, death, rebirth, and resurrection. Yikes. They’re commonly used in both weddings and funerals.

Roscoe Joyce is not listed as a keyboardist at all. He is credited however with the vocals on Seven Suns (Setting). He also wrote all the songs. Speaking of which, here are the lyrics as far as I can discern them.

Side 1

Seven Suns (Rising)

I’m walking in a world busy running

I’m washing all the blood from my money

cause I

I can feel a hurricane coming

I’m sitting on a stool in a bubble

and I’m sifting out the gold from the rubble

If the seven suns are rising

in front of me

and the seventh one stamps out the only sea*

I’m traveling through the stars on a ladder

and I’m dishing up my heart on a platter

cause I’m loving you it all really matters

If the seven suns are rising

in front of me

and the seventh one stamps out the only sea*

(Tell me baby where will you be when the water’s (world is?) all gone?)

(Tell me baby where will you be when the water’s (world is?) all gone?)

(Tell me baby where will you be when the water’s (world is?) all gone?)

(Tell me baby where will you be when the water’s (world is?) all gone?)

If the seven suns are rising

in front of me

and the seventh one stamps out the only sea

If the seven suns are rising

in front of me

and the seventh one stamps out the only sea*

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