The Eye in the Sky
A Demo a Day: Day 13.
After the delightful opening of Act Two with Peace on Earth, the mood turns instantly dark. Cello and viola grind out an ominous dirge in G minor, followed by a Picardy third that opens into a ripping dance groove in G major, with piano pedal tones underneath and a punctuating Motown horn line.
The music is a blistering electronica piece with a shredding guitar on top; the chorus provides a steady, dancy and melodic respite from the relentless churn of the verses.
LISTEN:
Onstage we see a massive production, an arena concert fronted by Psi, who makes his second appearance of the opera. He’s now a megastar and a corporate shill for THE ONE’s propaganda machine. The lyrics explore commodified religion, mass media, consumerism and surveillance capitalism, and ultimately admonish the audience to comply or be left out of all the good things that the new regime controls-- a mark of the beast trope that is one of the major hobgoblins in evangelical lore.