The Two Windows is yet another alt rock offering from a promising Australian band, whose music will sound eerily familiar to fans of most alternative rock in the country at the moment. Unfortunately, while this second long playing effort from Melodyssey was born out of much passion and hard work (it took the band 2 years to finally release the finished product), it doesn't quite stand up to recent releases by such bands as Trial Kennedy or Bird's of Tokyo, to name only a couple. Opener The Constant Rain is high in standard, and acoustic wonder Fall of the Star stands out as a highlight, but the rest only amounts to above average alt rock fare that fails to knock the socks off, which is what the public has come to expect from the current herd of Australian alternative rock bands. Instrumentally, Melodyssey are more than proficient (for trivia's sake, both they and Gold Coast darlings Dead Letter Circus share the same drummer), but the songs are going to have to take some serious spit and polish if Melodyssey are to break away and stand out from a rather impressive crowd.
