TEMPLATE FOR A GENERATION

There was so many releases this year that I had almost forgotten about Darwin's Radio. So today I sat down and listened to this album and I was pleasantly surprised! The strength of all the three songs is fantastic, they flow extraordinarily well together, all-in all a great release. The opening track, "The Illusion is Freedom" sets the mood early and it tells you immediately that the entire album will be a journey, very strong guitar all throughout and Burkes' vocals, grandiose, reminding me strongly of Neal Morse. The second track, "Breath It In", continues the great mood and the general feel created in the first track. Same as in "The Illusion is Freedom", Burkes' performance is leading the band into perfect harmony, great keyboard in here too. Finally, the last and third track of "Template for a Generation", "Age of Broken Reason". All the mood buildup and the emotions expressed in the last minutes of the song are so impressive that it makes me repeat the entire album to feel it again. A definite five stars for me, I have yet to find a single flaw in this release.