RISE

Recently heard this band, I listened to their last album, I think more general, but this new album but I was surprised. Although they were greatly influenced by pink floyd, but in this "rise" they found their own voice. This is a dystopia concept, the lyrics are obscure, it seems to describe a totalitarian control of all, and then find their own attempts. Music, very beautiful, especially piano and string together complement each other, guitar also occasionally have excellent performance, this point would like to david gilmour, but more modern. The best part is the upper half, the lower part is the anti-utopian suite, but relatively mediocre, can not let me find too many bright spots. So I give this album four points (out of five points), I really love to listen to it, has been listening for four times, should consider it into the ranks of the best album of the year.