Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Far Cry. The - Once There Was (2025)

 

The second album from this band from USA.

The band is a quartet with a lineup of drums, percussion, bass, guitars, piano, keyboards, synths and vocals.

I reviewed their 2021 debut album If Only... in August last year and was not won over by that pretty good album. That album has a mix of cinematic rock and neo-prog.

Four years has gone since the release of that album and the band is back again with this sixty-five minutes long album.

The music is classic progressive rock. It is a blend of neo-prog and symphonic prog. References are Yes, Genesis, Kansas and a bit King Crimson.

There are still around five minutes of cinematic prog here. Those are an interlude between two major pieces of music. 

The music is mid-tempo and pretty complex throughout. The music is also at times pretty hard too.

The vocals and guitar solos are good here. Very good at times. Ditto for the sound.

The music is at times a bit too pedestrian for my liking. There are also some great pieces of music here. The major problem I have got is the quality of the music which is not always good.

This is a very good album which I am sure fans of classic progressive rock will love. Get this album.

3.5 points

 

 

 

 

 

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