GIRAFES A SIBÈRIA

The Catalan symphonic act, Herb D'Hameli has delivered, in my estimation, an enjoyable, yet fairly standard progressive album in the 70′s symphonic style. This is an album that doesn't really take any risks, but is an enjoyable listen from start to finish. There are some very nice jazz fusion elements present and the vocals are solid, definitely above standard. Although the multitude of grotesque eyeballs which make up the cover art immediately grabbed my attention, I ended up hoping for a bit more when it came to the mix; a more crisp, dynamic approach (a la Wobbler) would have suited this album very well and taken the enjoyability level up several notches. Regardless, in the end, those who are interested in the scene of Spanish or Catalan progressive should definitely check this out.