THE RAVEN THAT REFUSED TO SING (AND OTHER STORIES)

An artist who leaves his group is always scary; When 10 years passed, I think he wasn't so wrong after all! 1. Luminol go YES, go RUSH, direct without asking; go the psyche flute to KANSAS; oh there an organ of time; bass to SQUIRE which rocks; Adam who throws himself into a wild solo; bam break... silent, it scratches gently and Steve says good evening to us in his smooth, mysterious voice, play a little flute now to bathe in the GENESIS side; and then we'll say that he doesn't like prog, these bottomless talks make me laugh; jazzy peregrination with this electric piano, this simple piano which plays its solo; go the majestic Hammond which finishes off the recalcitrant progue, go this clarinet sound and we start with the great KING CRIMSON, bluffing and just brilliant; let's hit the nail on the head with the final sax for the first slap of this album that we didn't see coming 2. Drive Home with the typical intro, the melody that we thought we had already heard elsewhere; with the clip yes the notoriety also came through there; marshmallow, simplicity, reverie, this inexpressive and so emotional paper man; the solo at the break level, yes in prog you also need these two words otherwise someone will tell you it's not prog... in short this solo which flows half melancholic, half depressive but so beautiful; 3. The Holy Drinker with Adam who plays it from the intro; PORCUPINE TREE fruitier, more vintage too with these reminiscences of the 70s, whatever he says; the Chapman and the sax vibrate in unison; the title goes a little too much on the choirs I think, yes we need a less return... because the rest is killing in sticks, dynamite in... bars, sound that smells good great veterans with the added dose of creativity

4. The Pin Drop for the radio edit, short and full of keyboards from yesteryear, to regress even further; well but if there were only one left.... it wouldn't be this one! 5. The Watchmaker hops the Genesisian intro with this delicate arpeggio, take a break for the musicians who gravitate towards this album: Guthrie Govan definitely with his curly hair, Alan Parsons ah yes ok...Adam Holzman who represents one of the greatest organists with Jordan Rudess, Theo Travis for his brass, Nick Beggs for his Chapman stick yes in there is not only Tony in life, Marco Minnemann with a strike so strange that each time you listen you think he hits differently ; in short this title is an epic journey through known and recognized lands, only the end on the highway is a little too conventional, but hey when it's very good, we just want to have excellence all the time; this excellence which arrives with a progressive detour via small mired paths and leading into epic, formidable prog 6. The Raven That Refused to Sing ... it's very simple before 'Routine' it was my best! In short, simple and delicate music, a story that is simple and complex at the same time, a clip that is just dreamlike as it should be, a haunting crescendic tune that sends you even higher and a finale that would make a progue dream, if there were still any left a little on earth. A guitar at the limit of post which scratches your musical emotion which makes you capsize, that's what you should expect.. when you haven't listened to it yet!