SNOOZE

Being portuguese I may sound unpartial but the fact is I consider "Snooze" to be one of the most revealing albuns I've heard in years. Composition, musicians and lead vocals reveal great talent and beauty. The virtuosism never takes over the band's union and direction but each musician's emotions appear to be perfectly tuned. The result is a surprisingly cohese sound with very intense emotional content.

Before I listened to the album I was expecting to be remembering Marillion all the time but the fact is they made me see a whole new musical identity that has in fact some similarities with old Marillion but sounded intirely new to me. The vocals were a pleasant surprise.

Perhaps they deserve a better production next time since I found some parts to be somewhat poorly processed (the instruments could explore more panoramics and stereo effects I think)

Nevertheless, 4/5 is definitely the minimum they deserve!