CITY OF THE SUN

Seven Impale. One of the best new bands of 2014. They start off in fusion and then travel wheresoever they please, and do so with style and ease. Their whole album is wonderful listening from start to finish, showing off a range of genres and instrumentations. They come across as a proghead's dream, being heavily indebted to several past masters, notably Crimson and the Giant, but with their own modern and unique take on it that leaves one floored and then begging for more. "God Left Us For A Black Dressed Woman" has to be one of the tracks of the year in all music, as we smoothly fly through a beautiful, sax driven piece that makes us not mind that the Almighty has gone out on the town. And the guitars on it - perfect! Easily album of the year, even against "To Be Kind". This needs more love - yours - and you need it.