WINTERCOAST

I recently saw Touchstone at the Assembly in Leamington Spa, where they were supporting Arena. Having come back from there and bought this album almost straight away, it has featured heavily in my listening ever since. Standout tracks for me are the excellent title track, and" Witness" Parts 1&2, which have thundering guitar riffs, wonderfully layered keyboards, solid bass and outstanding vocals from both Kim and Rob. I wouldn't class this as a straight prog album - some of the other fare is a bit more radio/mainstream oriented, but with superb performances on "Original Sin" and "Zinomorph" in particular, you shouldn't let that put you off. Definitely highly recommended.