ORIGIN OF SYMMETRY

Though finding Absolution a brilliant effort, that album didn't stay very long in my cd player. So I gave a try to OOS without much enthusiasm. I was wrong. I loved Origin from the first listen, mainly because of Bliss, a mini prog-pop jewel that has become one of my favourite songs of 2006. The rest of the album lives up to the standard set by that song: dramatic, theatrical, intense. They have this huge emotive impact on the listener, that sometimes leave you brethless. They have a sound of theyr own, but they make me think of a grat postmodern puzzle where you can find, setting your imagination free, Queen and Radiohead, Genesis and Rush, Joy Division and... who knows what else. Great record indeed. 4 extrasolid stars.