THE CLEVER USE OF SHADOWS

Although I have heard the Heretik Vol 1 , this is far superior to that . (I can only be impressed by the shear size of that Heretik project but cannot help myself to wonder about the need and the relevance of a trilogy (as Gong or Magma did theirs but this was another era )and the sheer mass of music needed to develop and support such a concept).

Enough said about that and let's concentrate on the Clever Use of Shadow. This is a Canterbury sounding album with good moments and good musical passages . But as with many newer bands they seem to do their music as "à la manière de ...." and do not develop real original ideas . Still worth checking out if you are not a grumpy , never-satisfied music buff as I am