Euphoria Station – The Reverie Suite (Euphoria Station, 2019)
The Reverie Suite is a concept album by Los Angeles band Euphoria Station. The story revolves around the childhood life of vocalist Saskia Binder. Progressive rock has been combined with many other genres and in this case, it is intertwined with Americana, incorporating bits of country, bluegrass, blues, indigenous American and classic rock elements.
Euphoria Station is led by guitarist and composer Hoyt Binder and vocalist and songwriter Saskia Binder. Saskia’s vocals take you from folk-rock sensibility to powerful rock-style delivery.
The instrumental sections bring together acoustic folk and lonesome sounds along with nicely-crafted arrangements with strings that easily replace a mellotron, beautiful flute melodies, outstanding blues rock and fine epic electric guitar work.
The lineup includes Hoyt Binder on guitars, banjo and mandolin; Saskia Binder on vocals; and The Americana Daydream Revival Orchestra: Ronald Van Deurzen on keyboards, Tollak Ollestad on harmonica, Rebecca Kleinmann on flute, Trevor Lloyd on violin, Chris Quirarte on drums, Paulo Gustavo on bass; and percussionist Bobby Albright on percussion.