PHOSPHORESCENT DREAMS

This is actually my first meeting with the Belgian band Univers Zero which is a part of the Rock in opposition movement. It released its first album 1977 and "Phosphorescent Dreams" is the band's tenth one. It has been possible to hear the record since january but I have heard it recently some times and my thoughts about it are rather devided.

The band uses a lot of wind instruments such as clarinet and saxophones(Kurt Budé), trumpet(guest Hugues Tahon) and trombone(guest Adrien Lambinet) beside drums(Daniel Denis), bass(Dimitri Evers), guitars(Nicolas Dechêne) and keyboards(Antoine Guenet).

It is clear this band has high thoughts of their music and want it to reach high levels of musicality and I think they manage to do that too. In the way they create their music it feels they don't feel so many borders and walls. In my opinion though are the songs on the album perhaps too similar and I am not sure I like the massive darkness that is present. I want to laugh and feel joy. The music attacks the listener with this bombastic rock and hits him with the fanfares.

I'd say the music here is powerful and there are a lot of great and create ideas that the band tries to establish. My favourite track is perhaps a little lighter: "L'Espoir Perdu" and I also like the opener: "Shaking hats". My concluding opinion would regard this album too sad, but yet inspiring and I will give it three stars.