KING FOR A DAY

Magic Pie albums are like a prog orgy - liberally and populistically quoting all your favorite prog giants, plus the organ-drenched hard rock of Deep Purple and even some Dream Theater-esque shredding tendencies, and their own past work, in the process. That said, King for a Day has their probably punchiest production to date, bordering on prog metal-lite at times, and the most detailed vocal harmonies. In other respects this is your typical Magic Pie album, featuring a share of ear-friendly rockers, a pair of 12-minute, more balladic songs, and, of course, the obligatory 20 minute-plus epic that is a Magic Pie album all into itself.