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Review: Long Distance Calling - Long Distance Calling (2011, Superball Music)

The third Long Distance Calling album is self-titled. 

Now why is that so?

I could think of many examples where bands do this on their first album.

But the third?

There has to be some special meaning to it then.

Perhaps they’re trying to say something… 

Is the band feeling estranged from its listeners and trying to reach out to us with this record by using this title? Or could it be that communications have deteriorated such that only a Long Distance Call is taken seriously?

However you want to interpret it, Long Distance Calling provides another almost entirely instrumental heavy and spacey rock album. One that they say is song and theme oriented, despite the lack of lyrics for the most part although there is a “proper” song on here, Middleville, featuring John Bush on vocals.