MANDRILLAND

Mandrills fourth album is a double album. Double albums in my opinion tend to be an exercise in bloat and filler. This is one such case. While there are delightful moments, all to often they are sandwiched between mediocre songs which really prevents the album from escaping 3*. I find the weakest element of Mandrill and by extension Mandrilland is the bands low ability to create convincing vocal songs. Many of the short poppy songs are done at a very mediocre level, Positive Things, The Road To Love and El Funko for example. That's not to say every song with singing I find unpleasant, the pastoral Reason I Sing is nice, as is Khidja. On another positive note I find Mandrill tends to create instrumental of far higher quality then other proprietors of their style, including Demon Fuzz. Mini Suite For Duke is wonderful, far less repetitive then I've come to expect from Progressive Soul although, some like Skying Upward are pretty dull.

Overall this is good album, I like the sound, I like the way some of the songs segue into another, forming suites (side 1). Finally I recommend starting with side 4 first.

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