CELEXA DREAMS

Prog Wave? Fantastic album! If you are a fan of Tears for Fears this album is a no brainer. One of the best Progressive Rock/New Wave hybrids I can think of that is not a Tears for Fears album. What's most surprising is this is 2020 and emulates the 80's perfectly only with a Progressive Metal surge in the guitar work. Lots of deja vu moments as this album will remind you of everything from Peter Gabriel & Genesis, to Duran Duran and The Fixx or something of that sort.

In Motion, Rumor, In Vantablack, Phosphene, & Sentry all being tracks that emulate 70's driven Progressive Rock and 80's New Wave mixed in a soup. In Vantablack being the most impressive track of all.

In Vantablack being an unpredictable epic roller coaster. You get Prog, Wave, and Metal going back and forth. You won't hear a song like this on any other album. This song alone may be the price of admission.

Having grown up in the 80's and having listened to many albums that tried to do something similar to this I am blown away by what this album accomplishes. Sure there were Prog albums with New Wave in it. Saga, King Crimson, & Twelfth Night come to mind. Even Rush to a much lesser extent. New Wave acts who had albums with strong Prog influences Simple Minds(early), Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark(early), Japan, Talk Talk, China Crisis, The Cure, etc. Roxy Music helped pioneered both genres. Tears for Fears being one of the most successful and prominent Progressive Pop bands to ever walk the earth. I think this album is the best Prog Wave album Tears for Fears never did.

Definitely not for purists. Many Prog fans actually prefer this over 80's Neo-Prog while others the complete opposite. To each their own I guess. This was one of my favorite albums of 2020 and I definitely never expected to hear anything like this ever again unless it was a Tears for Fears reunion.