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It was the lure of the magic Mellotron that led me to this band, but ultimately its use is a bit too derivative to be satisfying. At times this album is too Genesis-like for its own good with a big slice of Banks and Hackett, and the English vocals are hard to swallow too, but when the band breaks out of the mould they make a good noise, very Neo Prog but with some good aggressive guitars and more than a nod to classic rock. The acoustic strings of 'Interlude' are a welcome, if short, touch that highlight the band's main claim to 'originality' - use of violin as a leading solo instrument.

Overall, it's a good-ish album, with some nice touches and sequences, but the songwriting is not up to scratch really and the vocals are poor.