“BBF3” centred on an audio interview with a man by the name of Blaise Bailey Finnegan III, who recited an ‘original’ poem that turned out to be a re-hash of the lyrics to Iron Maiden’s “Virus” (written by then-vocalist Blaze Bayley). It’s almost certainly the same guy that appeared on “Providence” from the CD release of F# A# ∞, as both samples have the same motor running in the left of the stereo field. Musically, it went from glistening (gentle pinch harmonics, vibraphones, cymbal wash) to thoroughly ablaze. Guitars rose up through the middle like a flame, sending the surrounding strings
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