JET LAG

This work is what I call the first post classic « PFM » album. In two years time, the "evolution" is dreadful.

The opening track isl still a sweet piece of acoustic music which is pleasant to hear in expectation of something great. But the problem is that we won't get anything great here.

The jazz-orientation is fully present which in my case is not a favourable move. It's a hard job to find any similarity with the great "PFM" I used to know. The emotional one. The symphonic one. The great one.

What we get here is a jazz-rock uninspired album. In this respect, "Jet Lag" (the track) is extremely hard to digest (except the final great guitar solo). Vocals are painful, but it was already one comment I made in the "Chocolate Kings" review. It is unfortunately just a confirmation.

The only good thing with "Storia I La" is that it is an all instrumental track. We won't have to bear very average vocals during these 6'30". But this is a poor compensation to these 570 seconds of wasted time anyway.

I really got a hard time with this album. Some short violin passages will be the only substance I will retain from this "great" musical experience. It's impossible for me to talk about a highlight on this album. The global feeling is too close from total boredom.

This band procured me some great moments in my life. I was only fifteen when it occurred. Some pleasant moments during "Cerco la Lingua" maybe. Very good bass work, indeed. Violin adds some folkish flavours, but jazz has still the lead.

I would have liked to artificially swell my rating for all the great works this band has produced. But when I listen to the unbearable "Meridiani" and "Left-Handed Theory" it is not possible. And the quavering vocals during "Traveler" won't be an adjuvant to do so either.

One very little star. To listen ONLY if you are into jazz. Which is absolutely not my case.

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