SONGS FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE

With their fifth album from 2008 named Songs from the lighthouse, Moongarden take a diffrent direction, musicaly. Gone is Tonko and his great deep voice and aswell his poetical lyrics and here we have what I might very easy call modern prog, both musicaly and lyricaly, not very far from Porcupine Tree. Here are only 2 pieces that reminds me they are a symphonic/neo prog band - Opening track My darkside, an very ok piece with great keyboards and part 5 from what was in the past on Brainstorm - Sonya in search of the Moon, the rest is almost average at best, sounding very dull unmemorable tunes with almost the same arrangements. I was disappointed for sure after I heared this album, I was expecting better then this, maybe because I've like si much Brainstorm I would might like this one too, not realy beside the excellent cover art and inside booklet, the music is modern almost mainstream in aproach with very little instrumental passages, and not any passages prog rock is missing here most of the time. Is like I'm listning to PT or any othe band related to prog, realy , just listent to It's you , a realy boring and a total disater track or Emotiounaut another skip piece for me. The voice of the new singer Simone Baldini Tosi is ok, not fantastic not bad, quite sual, the problem is not him and his voice is the compositions, that sounds dul with cheesy lyrics, check out the booklet for that. The title track or Dream lord are 2 lenghty piece that saves this album to be a 2 star, 2.5 rounded to 3 this time, mainly for the pieces mentioned above as good and a honoray mentioning for the cover art and booklet. Not recommend one of the unpleasent Moongarden albums, if noot totaly unenjoyble, but far realy far from the greatness of Brainstorm in any aspect.