OUT OF MYSELF

"The Same River" - In the music I hear the Mike Oldfield of "Tubular Bells" sound very clearly, done with a harder edge. This is very good. Spacey, moody and well performed. Excellent start to the album.

"Out of Myself" - Upbeat, spacey and hard edged. Some vocals of the harsher variety but they fit the mood of the track which is angry.

"I Believe" - Voices at a party or function followed by Duda saying that he is out of himself and only has tonight. Soft guitar and lyrics follow. The party chatter continues punctuating the music. I would guess that this is a guy at a party who feels kind of alone and apart from the crowd.

"Reality Dream" - Starts off spacey and quickly develops a hard edge. The stop start bass is interesting surrounded by the keyboards and lead guitar. A "Mike Oldfield" kind of lead guitar is followed by hard edged riffing and that section is repeated. The sound of an alarm clock ends the track.

"Loose Heart" - Some very emotive lead guitar in this one. Full of angst

"Reality II" - The sound of a phone trying to connect starts this and it is followed by the band and nice lead guitar.

"In Two Minds" - Spacey vocals with acoustic guitar followed by an almost ballad type main body of work. Interesting section close to the end with a spacey rhythm.

"The Curtain Falls" - Mellow start punctuated by sparkling lead guitar work, it hardens at around the halfway mark into a spacey section which remains until close.

"OK" - A smoky blues room opening that stays that way throughout.

Not an easy album to review. It is very good musically however it seems to retain the same mood the entire way through being one of angst and anguish - that kind of weighs heavily from around the quarter of the album right the way through. The instrument that features for me is the lead guitar almost throughout the album and it does start to sound a little samey to me after a while. There is not enough contrast here as far as I'm concerned. If you're feeling suicidal at the time of listening I think the end result will be tragic. The musicians are very good at what they do and that is a strong point of the album. The music is well conceived and written. It's just so damn depressing, without letup.

The music is hypnotic and it could be compared to a heavier version of Porcupine Tree - perhaps a cross between that and Pink Floyd when in spaced out mood. Mariusz Duda has a good voice. The bass guitar is a highlight and the drumming is good enough. Keyboards are strong. The tracks are all strong and well put together.

For doing something different in the prog-metal genre and for doing it very well there are kudos. For maintaining the same anguished mood throughout there are negatives. A 4 star rating from me as I feel that this is an important album although I could never listen to more than perhaps once a month and definitely never when I'm feeling down to start with.

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