TINYFISH

Stunning debut from London Prog band Tinyfish, I ordered the CD direct from the band's website, the musicianship and clean recording quality here is absolutely stunning and there are some excellent songs, my only real gripe is the use of some of those silly spoken dialogues - they sound so out of place and should be avoided in future, they do nothing for the music.

But to the actual songs, the first track "Motorville" kicks in with a very catchy riff and some excellent lead guitar and swirling organ, followed by "Fly Like a Bird", a slower song sounding similar to latter-day Wishbone Ash in style, a lovely song but the flow of the track is lost by the aforementioned talkover. My favourite track "Nine Months on Fire" is introduced by an eastern metallic sounding effect, a lush sounding ballad interspersed with staccato style guitar riffs, with a highly memorable chorus, I would say the Proggiest piece so far. "Too High for Low Company" has another very catchy rock riff alternating between a spooky bass line passage, the next track "All of the People All of the Time" contains a silly Rowan Atkinson sounding spoken dialogue which tells us "we are powerless to resist"......not so - I have my skip button handy, bringing us into the very beautiful "Build Your Own Enemy", a slow atmospheric song, followed by the up tempo "God Eat God" a clever song title which contains another very catchy guitar riff. "Sundried" is a chamber music version of the "Too High for Low Company" chorus using violin and cello, very effective use of a very catchy melody which works beautifully. "All Hands Lost" is another slow song which is a straight sounding ballad with a very memorable chorus, the melody in one of the lines "if I could see the moon shine as bright as day" sounds exactly like the line from the Genesis song "Fly on a Windshield" that goes "Blowing dust into my eyes, The dust settles on my skin" ...not a criticism guys, just an observation! The last track "Tinyfish" drifts in with a rather Floydian atmospheric guitar sound and tinkling ethereal backing, the spoken vocals work in this setting well but breaks off...completely.

Considering this is the debut album from the tiniest Prog band in the world it is brilliant achievement and the band will go far, there are some mainly brilliant moments, songs that you can sing in the bath, but they should leave the gimmicky bits behind - they could have a Prog masterpiece on their hands one day I'm sure. I look forward to seeing the band live soon as by all accounts they do an amazing show, the band is a welcome addition to PA and and this album an excellent addition to any Prog music collection!

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