COLOURS CAFFÉ (10TH ANNIVERSARY REMIXED EDITION)

Hungarian proggers are back after the success of their Senki madara album, but this time they have travelled back in time to re-imagine their second album, Colours Caffé, so their first home made album got a proper mix, showing how well crafted this music is. Using the original studio recordings the material got remixed from scratch. What a good idea. The drums, the vocals, the whole stereo image, everything sounds better now and I think this new-old sound lives up to my high expectations because that amazingly dynamic, high quality sound of the 3rd album, Senki madara.

I am in love with the sound of Hungarian language in prog music. Loved AFTER CRYING, YOU AND I, EAST, and YESTERDAYS is a great addition to my Hungarian collection.

Colours Caffé showed a more powerful side of Yesterdays back in 2010, it's in contrast with their beautiful debut called Holdfénykert which was a mellow, dreamy album (one of my favorites till this day). Upbeat prog, great melodies, catchy and powerful choruses all over. I need to admit that a few songs are even radio friendly.

I am happy to see, to hear that there are bands like this with a more dynamic, less compressed sounding approach, where the transparent, clear sound is this important. Also, I am very happy to see that this lovely Eastern European band is still active, so I am looking forward to their new materials in the future.

Strong 3.5 stars album. Recommended!