Short Tracks: Best of 2025 Series: Steve Morse Band- Triangulation

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For a man whose guitar has spoken volumes for nearly five decades, Triangulation feels like both a reckoning and a renewal. 

From the opening track, “Break Through,” Morse, bassist Dave LaRue, and drummer Van Romaine operate like a single organism. Their interplay is precise yet organic, each riff and rhythmic twist part of a greater conversation. The music—an exhilarating blend of fusion, prog, blues, and chamber-rock flourishes—reminds listeners that Morse has never belonged to a single genre, only to the pursuit of melody and truth.

“Taken by an Angel,” written in memory of Morse’s late wife Janine, is the album’s emotional apex—aching, melodic, and reverent without sentimentality. His son Kevin joins him here, and the result is all heart: grief transmuted into melody, sorrow into sustain.

Texas guitar ace Eric Johnson provides a complementary tone and vigor to Morse on “TexUs.” The high-powered guests are used sparingly, never overshadowing Morse’s vision and execution

Morse with ‘Triangulation,’ doesn’t just reclaim his musical voice—he redefines it. It’s an album of grace, grief, and unrestrained guitar glory, proving that even in life’s hardest recalibrations, Steve Morse’s compass still points true north.