JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EYE

First and one of the best published by this eclectic psych spacey folk band coming from England. A tremendous energy and some melodic pop accents provide all along this unique album. The opening track is a brief introduction into some abstract noises to announce the journey. The first song "Astronauts nightmare " starts as a melodic introspect song, then goes into a furious heavy rock'n roll improvisation dominated by Hammond organs. Excellent guitar solos punctuates the composition. "Countenance " is a marvellous, sad, dreamy progressive rock piece with plaintive guitar solos which slowly grow in you...terribly beautiful and effective. "The nine lifeless daughters of the sun" is a colourful spacey track made of repetitive keyboards' structure which reaches into a state of "trance". "Warp oversight" is totally freak out with its mellotron, "xylophone" like arrangements. "The dream nebula" (part I and II) is the submit of the album in term of progressive rock. Melodic compositions with pop vocals, Hammond organs and heavy guitar sounds, echoing effects. "It's all in the mind " is a weak Beatles like composition but it contains a nice "mellotron" part, powerful guitar breaks. "Burn out my eyes " starts as a symphonic "pastoral", acoustic ballad then it turns to different rock'n roll moods. "Look inside yourself "is a mellow ballad with abundant mellotron lines. "Death of the mind" is a melodic, plaintive and intense spacey composition with some reminiscence of previous musical themes. A must for fans of early Pink Floyds, Utopia and Focus