JON ANDERSON & THE BAND GEEKS: TRUE

Veteran Cosmic Rocker Jon Roy Anderson is back in the world of prog adventures, resurfacing from the treacherous vortex of contemporary music, where nobody seems to have the right to be heard for more than a couple of ... days? Reaching up, and holding on tight to his sonic gear of choice (micro, of course), he appears in the cover image as a man determined to give a fight altogether. His hands denote time passed by, but also the will to prevail, intact in the gesture. And it's more than pure gesture, his voice returns with him, that voice. And a band capable of channelize the phenomenal amount of vision and energy summoned in his songs.

Just upon listening, we receive nods from afar in the ever expanding sphere of the Yes universe: echoes coming from the The Yes Album planet reverberate everywhere, but specially in the opener and in Track 3 Counties and Countries (here we get in addition a magnificent slide solo in the vein of To Be Over), meteorites of (perhaps too) slick synth-pop paraphernalia incoming right from the infamous Eighties in Track 2 Shine On, and in Track 5 Still A Friend, as well as iridiscent and brief sungleam flashes from the Vangelis-Anderson era (Short Stories in particular comes to mind) touching sensitive strings you didn't know you still have under skin, in Track 4 Build Me An Ocean, in the beginning of Track 6 Make It Right, and in Track 7 Realization Part II.

Badge of honor, and final mention, to the band in the epic Track 8 Once Upon A Dream, where the thick rabinesque tone of the electric guitar meets the monumental voice of synths, all served upon a stunning base signed by the poignant bass lines.

Once set in motion, forever running, the affirmative monosyllabic word transcends time, through generations.