SECOND THOUGHTS

I usually wouldn't take the time to write bad reviews but I feel compelled to here. Track 7 describes accurately my humble opinion of those that have gushed about this album so far.

The album is built around overly simplistic synth passages which can mostly be played with a single finger, and a rinse- and-repeat composition where every track is an attempt at building an atmosphere around a basic ballad and including one of the aforementioned synth passages and a final bit of Floydian (in style but not in likeability) guitar. The worst part is the lyrics. I commend anyone willing to have a go at writing lyrics not in their native tongue, but it often results in an incredibly simplistic and often not scanning result - no different to me attempting to write an intricate and passionate love song with my C in GSCE German and the help of google translate. At times the lyricism makes you physically cringe - see The Mirror for one of the most sickening ballads I've ever heard.

The end result is an incredibly derivative attempt at a neo-prog rock opera. Even for fans of neo-prog, 80s synth, or the symphonic pomp, there are dozens and dozens of far better modern efforts out there.

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