HYMNS FOR HUNGRY SPIRITS, VOL. II

GWN forced to listen to it after many solicitations! 1. Blind Eye to a Burning House for boggie heavy rock, quite used, RUSH in the background; there's sound from current bands that haven't stopped digging into yesterday's prog, the distinctive voice makes it impossible to think of FROST* or others; it's almost AOR, it's a fusion of yesterday and today 2. The Portal and the Precipice reminds me of the sound of JETHRO TULL for the voice, old-fashioned in fact and this influences my rendering; it starts with vocal ELP, I hear a few CARS notes in it, so very new-wave from the time, quite complex as it sounds; the organ and the bass are omnipresent 3. Viper with its long piano intro is slow to take off; it's good but it's not innovative enough; ah the vocal and it starts with a shrill sound of KING CRIMSON, hilarious and disconcerting, we don't know what to hang on to; the break is well in place and raises the question of the resemblance, if there was this solo in the last JETHRO TULL it would be divine, for those who follow. Otherwise a hint of RUSH too. 4. Inheritor for the last QUEEN-CARS-CURE yes you didn't know they had composed together? A title stamped es 80 with the fat synth behind; the confusing Robert-style solo; good the RIVERSIDE scratched well affectionately in the divine repertoire of this time which one criticized (not me huh!!) that GWN can do the same; the final solo is worth its weight, half post, half hovering; singular and innovative there. 5. To Find the Light, Part Two ..for effective slap of the year; a long but full title, long but enjoyable with an intro as it should be, ie prog-symphonic-enjoyed, a cheerful yes very pleasant chorus part, imposing solos in the middle with bass and imposing percussion pads as if to start, a break orchestral which never ends, which dares to make prog like the MMEBs did by proposing instrumental drifts, and a final which rises, which rises; the symphonic end which soothes and reminds that there is progression in there. In short, a major piece.

An album divided between 70s atmosphere, then 80s for titles that denote each other and a superb long title, enough to disconcert. For lovers of good music who want something other than the consensual. GWN forced... to admit that it's not bad at all.