SACRED BABOON

Imagine what would happen if Jon Anderson got tired of Yes and, walking on the streets, fell down with his head on the sidewalk and got mad. So, he woke up and searched for a band and found an equally crazy lunatic and frenetic Gentle Giant. Well, this would be the birth of a new band called YEZDA URFA!!! This album is a must listen to any Prog fan, really a great pearl. Crazy and absolutely nonsense lyrics, strange and great melodies, amazing complexity and instrumentation, huge sense of humor... The problem of it, like all the reviewers said, is that the album isn't the most original stuff ever... Actually, just the style isn't original, 'cause they take the Yes/Giant oriented sound to its limit. I mean, it is not a clone of particular songs and melodies that those bands did, but what they could do. Well, as a matter of fact, I not sure if they really could, because this is very dared and crazy. It's strange to say that, but besides the sound style is not very original, the songs are very creative. This album is a lot of fun guaranteed. You can laugh reading the credits!!! They don't hesitate on crediting stuff like 'cough', 'air guitar' and 'table percussion' (look in their website for the explanations). The canons here are great to (and abundant), showing the band's ability and competence. The guitar is fast and frenetic, as Rick's singing. It's impossible to sing along when he starts to sing quick melodies and absurd invented words. And it's not only frenetic music here, but peacefull and quiet moods too. GREAT ALBUM!

Well, 4,6 stars to it!