MORE GRAINS OF SAND

Some years ago I visited the website of Clepsydra, went to their guestbook and thanked them for a.o. this great album and the sheer enjoyment it gave me every time I listened their albums. And of their 3 latest albums (Hologram is somewhat less to me) this could be their very best, although it's a tough call.

And this is one of those albums you shouldn't review song by song but rather as a whole. And this is because all the songs are related; it's a kind of concept-album, if not a real one. On the other hand I have to say that not all songs are equally good. Recapitulated I believe the longer songs are the best although the last song of the album (The last grain) is also a highlight. But really, Moonshine on heights, No place for flowers and The River in your eyes are absolute top class tracks, highly melodic, with great guitar and keyboardpassages, neo prog as I like it best.

Clepsydra is often compared to Pendragon, Marillion and other melodic neoprogbands but I believe they have a unique sound and I think if melody is your highest priority in progmusic, you can easily take this one as a perfect example. I think this is an obvious 5 star-album.