HAMADRYAD - Conservation Of Mass

Aaak! Prog alert! Run for the hills! Intricate time changes! Lyrics about witches and human magnets! Right that got rid of the Britney Spears fans (who are avid readers of the Zeitgeist reviews).

Where to begin? 1971! Only joking. This is intricate, high tech prog that the Dream Theater fans will lap up. Yes its bombastic, indeed pomptastic, over the top and larger than life. But that's what traditional progressive (:-) music is supposed to be about.

The music here is varied, from complex progressive elements to borderline heavy rock passages. Its not easy listening, but sometimes its worth the effort. Vocally we're in Jon Anderson territory with trousers tight and harmonies high.

This is not an album that will win over unbelievers but if you take your prog seriously then this is very much for you.

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The Visit - Just Visiting

This is apparently The Visit's debut EP, and it is a solid piece of psyche tinged pop music. Very sixties in feel and influence it is enjoyable romp. "The Waltz" is a very melodic guitar led song that neatly combines the popular and the rock to good effect.

Next up is the lighter in the air ballad that is "Space Monkey", Not a paean to the lamentable band of the same name but rather about that Russian monkey that was blasted into space pre Yuri Gagarin. As an official fat bastard I am interested in the concept of dehydrated ice cream..

Last up is probably the poppiest of the pop, "Don't Lose Your Head" is really quite sweet but is saved from banality by the spacerockish instrumental segment. They more I listen to this the more I like it. Good, intriguing.
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