Australian proggers paint epic pictures on third LP.
The introduction of multi-instrumentalist and producer Shaun Holton to front this Adelaide-based five-piece seems to have resulted in even more ideas washing around Another World compared to 2018’s Civilisation.
Opener Reaching Out surges out of the speakers on a prog metallic riff before bursting into harmony-drenched tunefulness, but it’s Moving Through Tomorrow that substantially thickens the plot, drawing the listener in with a potent optimistic statement housed in catchy melodic rock before straying into more doubt-filled waters as Sean Timms’ undulating piano ebbs and flows. Yes-style harmonies belie the dark admission that ‘I have become what I truly despise’, on which note the pace lifts again as twin guitars bleed angst through the speakers, reinforced by volleys of thrash riffing.
The 20-minute White Shadows…
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Prog (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue 143