COMEDY OF ERRORS

If you skip through my reviews, you’ll find that I like that kind of Neo-Prog. It’s usually poorly recorded (half-true here), Pop/Pop- Rock inspired (pretty true here) and hardly known even to the majority of Prog-lovers (very true here!). There are bands like ARAGON, ABEL GANZ, TWELFTH NIGHT, some early IQ, PALLAS and PENDRAGON releases, projects like SHADOWLAND and CASINO etc. I always wondered why I fell in love with such bands, because I dislike AOR (which is frequently confused with these bands) and have no mania for 80s Pop/Pop-Rock stuff. Anyway, here is another one; obscure British band with sound and manner similar to early IQ and MARILLION. Tracks like “Rule Britannia”, “The Student Prince” and “Stage of Fools” are stand-out ones, reminding me of best moments from above-mentioned bands. Shorter numbers like “Emperor’s Clothes”, “Tunes of Glory” and “Once in a While” (what a ballad!) have lower record quality, but musically quite good too. I think this is a posthumous result of band’s activity (there are some notable differences in quality and playing through the whole album), and I’d love to see them continue! Highly recommended, because I believe there are some people like me who appreciate such kind of music; others should give it a try.