SIGNS OF THE WATER

Back in 2005 this trio were being heralded as the top progressive band in Uzbekistan with three albums under their belts, but for some reason it has taken them nine years to come back with their next one. There has been a slight line-up change in that they have a new drummer in Vlad Nemtinov, but Igor Savich (guitars, vocals, keyboards) and Constantine Savich (bass) are still there. Musically they following a similar path to before, with solid neo-prog with keyboards not as much to the fore as in many prog acts. But, they are definitely more than just a rock band with keyboards as they follow quite a technical path. I notice that they are down as "prog-related" on PA, but I could see them fitting better in "Heavy Prog" or "Neo", but does the label really matter?

This is solid as opposed to exciting, although there are some instances (such as the bridge on "November Snow") when they show real class. The overall feeling is that while this won't set the world alight, at least they are back in the game and it will be interesting to see if they follow this up with another quite quickly or if there will be another waiting game. www.mals.ru