AFTER ALL...

French outfit Eye 2 Eye deliver a fairly straight-ahead and unadventurous neo-prog offering on After All. There's nothing really surprising or novel about the album, which is very much in the Marillion-inspired style of so many other second tier neo bands, and whilst such a musical approach can win me over when it's combined with excellent musicianship and inspired compositions, here the performances and songwriting are merely lukewarm-to-good. If you're a particular fan of this style it might be of interest to you, particularly if its emphasis on longer compositions is appealing, but I think most neo-prog fans would be able to name a dozen more interesting albums in this style without really trying