DIAMANTI

Well despite of being in alignment with its predecessor, talking about its inspiration, this rather recent issue (relesead in 1999) by the young Roman group is not bad once again, and probably it should deserve another half star...I know that if you were attracted by their melodic debut album your expectation could be diverse: don' t get me wrong, as usual this Neo-prog band have created another good melodic work, without any peek of invention and often in the vein of "Locanda delle Fate", in their light moments (by adding a certain "Jadis mood",for which I don't get crazy...), but perhaps you could think of an improvement.Instead the compositions are in the same vein, in comparison to their debut album, even though this light prog music is pleasant and sometimes enriched with good harmonic breaks through as well, which make it appreciate among several fans of the Italian Neo-Prog in Europe (in Holland above all). Moreover its compactness, regarding of all the instruments together, is remarkable...think of the melancholic "L'allegra brigata" and you could stand listening to it with satisfaction, cause of its good lyricism!! Certainly their "cousins" from the same city (Ezra Winston and Banco in their quite moments) are another thing (and in another world as well!!),but it never minds cause this "Diamanti", with its eight "airy" and pleasant compositions -49 minutes long-, can satisfy your "less involved" moments!!