The second album from this band from USA.
The band is a quintet with a lineup of drums, percussion, bass, guitars, keyboards and vocals.
Annie Haslam added vocals on one track and Laura Langley added autoharp on another track.
This band released their debut album ten years ago and I gave it an approval rating the same year in # 1 of this blog.
Most of this band is also the backing band for Neal Morse on his tours. Well, perhaps not any longer. But this his how they were discovered, by Neal Morse, and this is how they got their record deal.
I noted in my review of their debut album that there is a lot of pop in their take on US progressive rock. That is also true on the follow up album.
Clocking in at almost one hour, the basis is US symphonic prog. Neal Morse is a bit of a reference. So is Spock's Beard. The music is also influenced by the last couple of A-Ha albums. That takes us into art-pop.
Thankfully, the music is dominated by US symphonic prog. The music is elegant though and has the elegance of A-Ha.
The music is also good throughout and Annie Haslam's contribution is a nice inclusion on this album. This band, both albums, is well worth checking out.
3 points
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