Fence the Clear

Ian Anderson of JETHRO TULL kindly offers his endorsement: "TILES are undoubtedly one of the brighter hopes for the musical millennium! They manage to combine the presentation skills and rich musicality of the Progressive Rock seventies with a hard-edged realism which perfectly fits the turn of the century."

"Fence the Clear" was released in the spring of 1997 and overseas in Europe & Japan later that fall. Mixed by reknowned producer/engineer Terry Brown (Rush, Dream Theater, Fates Warning, Larry Gowan, Moist, & others), "FtC" shows TILES embracing their progressive roots with longer song structures, improvisation, and experimentation. The album was well-received by fans and reviews were postive with scores of 94/100 in Aardschok (Netherlands), 5/6 in SCREAM (Norway), again earning HM Magazine's "Pick of the Litter" award, and being named "Detroit's leading progressive rock band" by the Detroit Free Press.