CLOSURE/CONTINUATION

We've been waiting for it for 13 years! for better or for worse, we knew that this dinosaur was going to come back even if WILSON did a lot of PT under his name; well we'll see if PT makes PT, WILSON or something else:

1. Harridan wow there a dark, punchy, jerky start, a bit of OSI madness, yes revise a bit; rock, heavy yes, prog well... the structure, the composition of this 1st layered title means that yes; a riff, an explosion at 3'15'' heavy and sinister, hilarious, here I see Steve's hair tossing in the wind, Richard sends a salvo of notes, very dark heavy metal, good Gavin shows that he's kicking depending on his breathing, his creation, his mood, moreover the solo with bass is not there by chance; the finale with acoustic arpeggio to recover 2. Of the New Day .. for a title à la Steve WILSON, between romantic ballad and melancholic title... absolutely beautiful; a title that does not bring much but which is beautiful 3. Rats Return close your eyes and you have Steve's conducting hand, one of his trademarks; violent as intro with the dark metal riff, Mariusz was right to say that we do that and not prog; lots of drawers in it to develop the progressive spirit and give Richard the opportunity to show that a band cares about good musicians; so WILSON had very good musicians under his personal thumb, yes the specter of his solo albums remains; dirty, black, stirring, well done 4. Dignity cinematic intro, well before we said prog intro; it starts slowly and efficiently, it cuts to resume more gently, an ersatz of Wilson which has nothing more to prove, a marshmallow title which melts under the tongue, which gives pleasure, but due to the atmosphere, the memory or hope that is the question! the break with crystalline guitar which melts, which shows that it is necessary to know how to remain simple also in the music, the piano and the acoustic guitar which arrive make stop time, to settle down; then this final at the WILSON, at the PT of before, orgasmic, warm, dreamlike and damn enjoyable 5. Herd Culling drives the point home, it's PT watered down with Wilson sauce; melodic, varied, provided in breaks, I spoke of RIVERSIDE above because it's similar at the start and explosive and progressive afterwards, and that's the prog brand, whatever people say; the solo seems unstructured and in line with the detuned voice... but effective; a complex title that you have to re-re-listen to to get out the musical marrow 6. Walk the Plank and the touch of richard which one would believe to be on his album; a dark new-wave sound where the dark side pleasantly explodes; jam progression à la KING CRIMSON it seems; creepy even with this space station wagon, military, à la ENO; an incursion into his head that shows the suffering of those who compose and who will not be recognized as they should 7. Chimera's Wreck ah I believed it a title of MONKEY3 resuming MORRICONE; arpeggio from there, where the sound is worth more than a space to fill; depressive melody, proven spleen, good Steve speeds up his voice and gives prog juice, pop-prog; a mystery composition which seeks itself which leads us to lend an ear, to look for the ramifications; the fine, clear, hypnotic guitar, the rhythm that soars, yes it's good and well done; a hypnotic trance to forget time, a sign, on the other hand you have to know how to listen, to ask yourself, not given to everyone; meanwhile the hard solo is gone, violent; good Steve tempers again with his voice and Richard injects futuristic sounds from elsewhere; the monolithic chorus returns before this dithyrambic, aggressive, compulsive finale.

8. Population Three for the 1st of 3 bonus titles, yes everyone has them: good why a bonus? let me explain, it looks like PT without the vein of Wilson; it looks like a new PT, fresher, less dark; nicer instrumental; a composition that risks drowning you with no more musical hook at hand 9. Never Have piano arpeggio à la Philip GLASS, metronomic, posed vocal; a rhythmic, fruity, syncopated air, between synthetic new-wave and post-rock, the guitar taking position and filling the title; a modern variation on keyboards, on a story by Lewis CARROLL; heady air reminds me of that of the MAGYAR POSSE, hypnotic too, pleasantly repetitive 10. Love in the Past Tense as the real last title surprises me, nice guitar arpeggio in intro; yes I don't see a link with PT, I see a vocal/instrumental fight, a try for another sound? I need the finale with the instrumental part to see the darkest side of their music, heavy, whirling and I would say avant-garde, loving it all of a sudden, I'm putting it back. Good a PT that respects itself, it is listened to after the criticisms of the departure; and having not been able/wanted to get started at the start, I have the pleasure of validating their latest opus; if you have it so much the better, if not it's that you don't like it, too bad, but I won't have influenced your choice. The prog is dead but it is good in progressive groups, and toc.(4!)