ENDURANCE OF THE OBSOLETE

I must say that this album gave me a nice surprise, since one can find here a lot of tasteful and intricate vocal conterpoint in the loving style of Gentle Giant, but without incurring in a plain copy or pastiche. There's also, along with the recognizable pattern of voices and acoustic guitars, some original flavor in melodies and arrangements, as well as clever and skilful song writing, and that makes this new listen worth. I can point out a resemblance to dutch prog rockers Focus too, for example in the keyboards fanfare and vocal chorus of the opening track ("Interpretations"). But that one, and the other influences, are organically integrated in the music that runs fluid following its own path, and conforming an original and solid idea