Great 70s prog rock that never feels like the best ever but is super cool for sure, and throws a
few surprises at you, some good, some bad. Whilst the first few tracks feel a bit incomplete
without vocals, the album for the most part makes it really work as the tracks stop shying away
from intensity and do feel like they fully unfold, but then the album finally starts its vocal
almost three minutes into the final track. A strange choice, especially given the vox aren't bad
at all and would have held up for the whole record, but it's kinda cool in a way I think. The
album intro is also cool as hell with sizzling crisp production and already at 5min a fun change
of pace that these albums can do so well and that we'll find plentiful other examples of further
along. As always in the good instances of the genre the bass is playful and bouncy, keeping the
fort up for the most part. 3 shows cool experimentation in its first act though I question its
musicality before going back into prog rock (with cool percussion and a melody that reminds me of
Zelda TP's shadow world lol) which makes it even more of a strange interlude section. 4 is an
extremely chill track, and the abrupt transition back into 5 puzzles me a bit. 5-7 are really
well crafted 70s prog rock and are so consistent they bump this a point. Yea a fine prog rock
album amongst many, with great artwork I gotta say. 3.8
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