AND I'LL RECITE AN OLD MYTH

A lot of people feel that this isn't a Neo Prog album and I would agree. Andy from Planet Mellotron suggests that after the first track we do get something along the lines of sophisticated Neo Prog. I'm not sure about that. According to Andy the mellotron on here is not real but there's lots of it. Still it sounds pretty good, it's a plus for sure. The bass is very upfront and again a highlight for me throughout. The band is a five piece from Japan and this was their debut from 1989. I like the alternate cover art I saw on Discogs, more of a futuristic look on what I think was the first edition.

The singer is female Yoko Kuboto and she was previously in a band called FIRST DRAW a Metal band in the mid eighties. I really struggle with her passionate singing. When she sings softly and laid back it's all good but the tone of her voice is not good to these ears. So of course those who have no issue with her vocals rate this fairly high for the most part and rightfully so because of the amazing instrumental work throughout. Pity for me that the album is marred somewhat by the prominent vocals. So 3.5 stars seems just right dropping it back because I won't be keeping it in my play list options. We get four tracks over some 53 minutes and the closer features the guitar of frenchman Christian Beya of the band ATOLL. Not sure how that came about.