Marc Enfroy - Crossroads (2016)

In a decade that spans five critically acclaimed albums, “cinematic” pianist Marc Enfroy has become a leading artist in the new age and neo classical world. At the core of this immersive music are his narrative instrumental compositions, crystalline piano, and lush production aesthetic, including orchestral strings, subtle choirs, and moony atmospherics.

Enfroy has garnered acclaim from a bevy of tastemakers in the new age world. A cross selection of plaudits include two times being nominated for Zone Music Reporter Awards’ best neo-classical album, winning best neo-classical album in the New Age Reporter Lifestyle Music Awards, and appearing on best album lists by MainlyPiano.com and NewAgeMusicWorld.com. Enfroy has also earned accolades from WAWL and KTEP Radio, ZoneMusicReporter.com, NewAgeMusicWorld.com, MainlyPiano.com, GRAMMY® winning pianist Laura Sullivan, GRAMMY® nominated new age composer Al Conti, and Billboard-charting producer/recording artist Randy Copus.

Enfroy’s latest release, Crossroads, is an intriguing entry in his five-album oeuvre. It’s darkly majestic with symphonic rock flourishes and contains three songs with hauntingly beautiful female vocals. The album grapples with relationship ruptures, consequence, and the fear of new beginnings. The title track is a foreboding instrumental with elegantly elegiac strings. It conjures a dizzying scene of sudden and profound change where the death of the past becomes something to mourn, and the uncertainty of the future is anxiety inducing. The stunning and stately “In That Moment” emotes the awe and disbelief of finding true love. Other highlights include a transcendent reading of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata “Moonlight Obsession” and “Unbounded Reprise,” a lavish and triumphant revisiting of Enfroy’s popular hit song "Unbounded" from his debut album.

Tracklist:

01. Crossroads
02. Toxic
03. Your Silence Is a Razor
04. Sepia
05. Betrayed
06. Fading White
07. Dying in Degrees
08. Shattered
09. Shed My Skin
10. Moonlight Obsession
11. Fading White (Reprise)
12. Wildfire Rising
13. In That Moment
14. Unbounded (Reprise)
15. Shed My Skin (Instrumental Version)
16. Your Silence Is a Razor (Instrumental Version)