A WINDOW TO OCTOBER

SCARLET HOLLOW releases its 2nd CD here on a resolutely melodic rock sound with some progressive tones. Let's take a closer look at this: Adventures in the Kings Garden" on his genesis and a female voice evoking Magenta or MOSTLY heather findlay era, melodic prog air, acoustic digression. "From Sea to Infinity" with its vintage Mellotron sound, on a pre-Indian air and rock sound with progressive tendency, nothing transcendent in it. "A Window to October" leaves on the same formatted diagram until the 2nd part where there an air break, chiselled makes prick the ear; a second station wagon with heavier riff and its solo which goes with peps. "The Forgotten" for a shorter title and on the same dynamic. "Skipping on Frozen Fire" and its more basic sound, bass forward, soft sounds, the guitar eyeing with its drawn notes, a little country even, calm passage, ballad and musical romance, softness in the ears; the impression of waves coming to touch the edge of the bank, it will take the eternal solo of Gregg to give a little relief to the title, to believe that all the titles are there to put and the voice and the guitar in front. "Jupiters Calling" with finally a prog title; the already planar intro (I thought I was going to hear STING just at the start on a mythical intro!) then a bluesy rhythm as you wish, a synth that is beautiful, very fat, very fruity too and I realize that we are on an instrumental! A superb piece. "LVX" is already attacking half of the album with the cover of a watered-down track which, paradoxically with more square bass, makes the song easy to listen to, even if we are far from the prog, we have a melodic atmosphere. "Pendragons Cove" and the second orchestral title for a variation of acoustic guitars with solo which suggests that we are coming back to melodic prog here. "Crimson Lights and Dark Waters" and the longest title; a worked intro, blues and symphonic, cool calm and filled with a captivating atmosphere, then the voice starts on a background of basic synth reinforcing the voice even more; we are still in a simple melodic sound, first break that revives the voice, a little parachuted again, an air that reminds me of the rhythm & blues, a little SADE even, yaouh where are we going?; go, a little TOTO commercial or ALAN PARSONS of recent times, it lacks pep when you know that it was stamped heavy prog. "I Am Divided" follows on the same dynamic bis repeated with here however a warmer, fruity, not energetic guitar just warm and the voice which wants to be endless with an obvious lack of drifts and other progressive expectations; it's a shame because I was expecting something else from this long title. "Possibilities" and a pleasant surprise with Allison's slightly more nervous voice and the guitar coming out with a very lively melodic riff. "Dream Currents" and 35 '' of happiness for a symphonic intro that leaves you dreaming, then paf back to its very melodic, very predictable and very repetitive SCARLET HOLLOW sound despite here a more low bass line; more rhythm & blues lines here, a mood song for one evening to put some notes in space; the synth solo here, in the last title explodes the rhythm a little, but back again to this linear atmosphere, can still be one of the best titles, a little fair. A good album to listen to in the car with the hood open.