STILL LIFE

I think my friend James must be mistaken this album for another album as this holds also no guitars as well as having very few in common with VDGG (see the review below). Well after thirty second , yes, one thinks that Hammill is the singer in this band but after three or four minutes , this is quickly dispelled. This is a really typical Hammond organ-driven early 70's British prog ( Hugh Banton of VDGG had a Farsifa organ - the same than Manzarek of the Doors) with some strong songs but also some weaker ones two of them approaching Motown music. Not that this is bad but somehow their sound ( guitar-less Uriah Heep) is not too adapted for that type of music. The singer also makes you think of D. Byron of Heep but the music is not far away from MkI Purple also. Worth a spin but alsolutely not indispensable.