4/5 been hitting the prog _pre_ty hard lately, and this taps into the mother vein of my love of Genesis and rides it into the night. Those bellowing mellotrons, those romantic, sweeping climaxes, those flagrantly Gabrielesque vocals, all woven with perfect flow.
Sweeping pacing, and two gorgeous moments perfectly placed, like a movie might be paced, at the end of the opening salvo and as we achieve sweet denouement.
In the best prog rock you don't even notice that something complex is happening; the means not the ends. As in film, that's the line between the understated masterpiece and the arty wank; the best straddle it. Semicolons for everyone!
Profoundly sensitive, deeply uncool, but really quite a nice little swoon
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