PICTURE

KINO are a relatively new progressive rock band, I suppose would be considered a "supergroup". With membership including MARILLION's Peter Trewavas, ARENA's John Mitchell, PORCUPINE TREE's Chris Maitland and IT BITES' John Beck this band deliver the new gen prog rock. Musically this band is a mix of a little bit of everything... from the syncopated prowess of "SPOCK'S BEARD" to the symphonic latitude of ARENA to the melodic detail of The FLOWER KINGS. Intermixed within this album is also a keen sense of melody and borders a tad on the pop genre which gives this album a certain flare of accessibility. Of course the instrumentation is excellent with the great guitar of Mitchell combined with the bass talent of Trewavas, drumming clarity of Maitland and Beck's unique keyboards. Mitchell also handles the lead vocal role which he manages to with ease and actually has a great voice (I never really noticed from his ARENA days!). This album might be the single best album I have heard in a long time and has too many high points to walk thru but I can sum it all up by saying this is just one of those albums.