Canvas is led by talented multi-instrumentalist Matt Sweitzer (guitar, bass, organ, keyboards) and the equally as talented Chris Cobel (trumpet, vocals, keyboards, organ, vocals). Long Way To Mars is the follow up to their debut Digital Pigeon, released in 2008. The band is an offshoot of The October Tree who recently released the excellent album The Fairy's Wing. The music here is mostly melodic rock but the band has a very refined approach. In other words this is not your typical run of the mill rock. It is definitely more than that. There are also plenty of progressive moments to keep the prog heads satisfied.
01 Long way to mars 02 Better 03 Brightest star 04 Valkyrie days 05 Johnny don't know 06 Scheherazade 07 Weather 08 The beginning is near 09 Starry 10 Modern town