FOCUS II [AKA: MOVING WAVES]

Kicking off with possibly the only proto-metal track from the 1970s to feature yodelling in Hocus Pocus, Focus II (AKA Moving Waves) starts out confidently but doesn't have many tracks to compare with the opening barrage. The sidelong epic Eruption is a fair stab at a 20-minute symphonic composition which rather misses the mark, though it does at least include a brief tip of the hat to fellow Dutch proggers Solution by covering a scrap from their self-titled debut. The rest of the songs are a bit incongruous set next to Eruption or Hocus Pocus, being generally fairly quiet, pastoral affairs without either the symphonic complexity of Eruption or the yodelling fury of Hocus Pocus.