THANK AND SHARE

Estonian composer and musician Indrek PATTE is a veteran of the Estonian rock movement, and a rather well-known figure in his national scene too, if what the newspaper stories I have seen up from various Estonian newspapers about him are anything to go by. Legendary ? a word that appears now and then in these. He's been a member of a number of different bands over the years, and has built a solid reputation as a studio engineer and producer as well. As a solo artist he made his debut in 2012 with the CD "Celebration". Two years later he returned with "Thank and Share", and, like his initial album, it was released through Strangiato Records, a subdivision of the Estonian label Hyper Records.

"Thank and Share" comes across as a well developed album by an artist secure in what kind of music he desires to create and how he is going about to create it. The material is accessible yet sophisticated, and bears similarities and tendencies to neo progressive rock, vintage symphonic progressive rock and AOR-ish hard rock all alike. I'd hazard a guess that those who love and treasure their Pendragon just as much as Neal Morse and the various incarnations of Yes should find this album to be a rather intriguing one.