Re: [LAU] Finally, some prog rock for you!

Hi Ken! This is an interesting album. Let me first get the criticism of my chest: I don't like the bass drum. It somehw sounds flat and sometimes has too much release. The other bit is, that for my taste it sometimes gets too American. Musically as well as arrangement-wise. But that no more than personal taste. Doesn't say anything about the musical quality. Now let's get to the rest: More than once it reminded me of the good old times. The first piece had its moments, where it reminded me of Gentle Giant somehow. The singer brings back Genesis and Gabriel. I like the purely instrumental passages, when they get up to the rhythmically interesting bits. Almost Yes-esque here and there. It sounds liike I think this album to be a copycat of a lot of bands. I do not, it definitely has its own sound. It may remind me of a lot of other bands in places, but the whole has something, I haven't heard before. Where did they take the mellotron from? Is it the Gigatron? I love all the jazzy songs in the later part of the album. In my current mod, that appeals very much to me. Besides, it has such a calming effect on me. It's so outside of time. Starting with Menager I (the French one) I really enjoy the album without a break. The trumpet is rather cool! and I like the organ: I assume, this is Beatrix? Also the snare in Menager sounds terribly 70s. If in my ears this album has a constant lack, then it is, that he tends to compose things too much alined to each other in the verses. Never mind. sometimes this is very pleasant and makes a very good difference to the rhythmically diverse sections. all in all: I enjoyed the album. Good - if sparse - instrumentation. The recording is good quality and the instrumentalists are good. I already spoke about my favourable impression of the singer. Well pass on my thanks for this beautiful piece of music. Warm regards Julien =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Such Is Life: Very Intensely Adorable; Free And Jubilating Amazement Revels, Dancing On - FLOWERS! ====== Find my music at ====== http://juliencoder.de/nama/music.html ..................................... "If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you." (Winnie the Pooh)