Mindspeak (Austria)

Wow! - I just listened to this, and was quite blown away by it. This is a very young band, and the production here sounds a little bit rough around the edges to my ears, but the material they present shows enormous potential indeed. If this album was professionally mixed and re-mastered it would already be guaranteed a very high place on my top albums of 2014 - that's how good I think these compositions actually are. The photos on facebook show a band who seem to prefer to perform seated, and it seems to me that this cramps their style to a certain extent, particularly the female vocalist, whose efforts seem to sit back in the mix a bit too much. I think she would be able to deliver a far more compelling performance if she stood up and let her lungs work to their absolute maximum capacity, but this is a minor complaint. The music itself is quite magnificent, and if these guys stick around I reckon they have the potential to be a really big name in the prog world when they have a couple more releases under their belt.

Edited by yam yam - February 12 2014 at 17:46

Such a great band!!!

Already cleared for addition in Crossover: http://progfreak.com/Mindspeak-159068.html?path=pa/recent. 

Awesome!