MONTH OF THE YEAR

I'm considering the debut album from TWIN AGE being Sweden's answer to Peter GABRIEL-era GENESIS. Lengthy moody tracks with extended instrumental passages. The keyboards, guitars and bass have similarities to GENESIS while the vocals though are different. It's also an album where The Mellotron is used in a delicate way.

TWIN AGE has written songs with very good melodies so I don't mind if they're sounding like GENESIS. GENESIS was one of the first bands I started listening to within the progressive and symphonic genre. When I heard their "Trick Of The Tail" album (1976) everything changed. Twin Age "Month of the Year" is one of the best GENESIS-sounding albums I've ever heard. If I should compare them to a newer band then GENESIS, it would be IQ.

I don't know if Twin Age wants to be compared to GENESIS or not, but it's impossible to ignore the facts. TWIN AGE is a band of great talents and I think they might have a bright future ahead.