ATONEMENT OF A FORMER SAILOR TURNED PAINTER

'Majestic Whales' is excellent as a symphonic melodic prog intro, an invitation to travel, fresh, easy to listen to and offering a typical sound with this radiant pad and this warm synth, all embellished with David's spleen and hacketian guitar which melts any prog in need of languorous prog; one of the most beautiful symphonic intros of this end of the year; in short a story of sailors, of storms, a sound which will print the regressive air of the Dino prog time by telling the glorious story of these sea buccaneers. 'Les mots que tu ne dis pas' with a singular sound and a title in French not sung in French except the chorus, a sound which juggles between folk and vintage prog with an organ of the time 'Limbo of the Rootless' is worth it for its vintage folk air and Manuela's voice lending language; it is especially Cristiano who sets the musical fire with his various keyboards.

'Atonement of a Former Sailor Turned Painter' for the complex epic piece, with drawers, 8 in fact, a musical fresco that can recall GENESIS and its 'Suppers' for the length, a typical French refrain of sailors singing for the moon, yes it's funny; in short between symphonic prog, melodic and Genesisian above all, colorful, filled with various keyboards that make you dizzy at times. A complicated piece that would have been excellent during the 80s, or even before, but which does not really take off today, this vintage side erasing the creation. In fact it takes off but with a feeling of repetition; and yet David's captivating guitar offers beautiful solos during the different pieces. An end of the major title with the arpeggio in the language of Molière with sailors' songs in a bar, confusing and disconcerting 'Zena' as a bonus for the final interlude between medieval, symphonic and RPI, a cheerful and languorous instrumental at the same time, beautiful but conventional, return to the port, the journey is over.

A confusing album because it is not RPI as described and not Albionesque, between the two for this album which gives pride of place to keyboards and progressive derivations worthy of a Neal MORSE and his ilk. (3.5)

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