SOMERSAULT

Compared to "More Than Meets The Eye", "Somersault" is a bit more disappointing, being quite different. The guitar solos are less long and powerful to the profit of a more accoustic or "electric clean" rythmic guitar, a bit like on "Clutching At Straws" by MARILLION. But this album is quite rock: the rythm guitar full of distortion is omnipresent.

Compared to Orford's work on "More than meets the eye", the new keyboardist here offers a more often detached performance to the rest of the music, and he uses more piano bits and keyboards solos. I find the ensemble more accessible, less neo progressive, maybe more hard rock than progressive. The bass is well played.

Nevertheless this album is excellent from beginning to the end.