The third album from this band from Great Britain.
The band was a quintet with a lineup of drums, bass, guitars, keyboards, samples and vocals.
I am reviewing a handful of their albums, the remaining ones I have not reviewed before, this spring. More reviews to follow either here or next month in # 4 of this blog.
I was not particular impressed by their second album, the 2009 album Head For The Moon. Not good enough songs, in short.
The band returns again with their blend of art-rock and neo-prog. This time with an hour long album.
The songs here are very much in the art-rock genre... far more than they are in the neo-prog. But the music still got some early Marillion inspirations.
The music is also a bit poppy and verse-chorus-verse orienated. There are some good vocals here too. There is also some samplings here from the 9/11 atrocity in New York and that song is poignant. I remember that day as the nightmare/pure horror it was. Even in Northern Ireland where I then lived. That song is good and respectful.
The quality is somewhere between decent and good. This album is a small improvement from their second album but not by much. Better songs are required.
2.5 points