Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Monarch Trail - Four Sides (2023)

The fourth album from this band from Canada.

The band was a duo with a lineup of drums, bass, guitars, piano, keyboards, penny whistle and vocals.

Two guests added guitars.

This album was an album I was really looking forward to. I loved their Wither Down album from 2021. 

The music is again symphonic prog. Long instrumental parts with some vocals on the top... sporadic vocals.

With the exception of the twenty minutes long ambient, electronica track Eris who sounds like Vangelis at the end, this album sounds like the final two symphonic prog bands from Genesis. Yes, and with some heavy Vangelis and Mike Oldfield influences.

The vocals are good and so is the music. The music is long keyboards pieces but there is nothing here that really shines like gold. 

The music is good, safe and ultimate, a bit of a disappointment compared to their 2021 album. It is still an album well worth checking out. 

3 points

 

 

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