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GHOST

The Watch

 

Neo-Prog

3.55 | 146 ratings

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ZowieZiggy
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3 stars I discovered this band while I received a sample CD at a concert from The Musical Box (the best Genesis cover band) in February 2005. I was quite surprised by the quality of the music I heard and of course astonished by the similiraty with Genesis.

It was sufficient for me to get hold of their two albums; but you can also add the one from "The Night Watch" which was the previous band of the lead singer and that sounds exactly the same.

It is probably difficult to find a band that sounds more Genesis-like than The Watch. Of course there are other ones like Rael (!) from Argentina, Neuschwanstein from Germany or Citizen Cain from England. You may call them clones (or even clowns like some do - but which sounds quite irrespectuous to me), so what ?

Is there any problem in producing good music even if it is largely nostalgia driven ? I saw them live a few weeks ago in Belgium at the Spirit of 66 (one the best rock club in Europe - merci Francis), and they are quite respectueus for a band from the seventies as they name it (on stage they performed two songs from that band "The Return Of The Giant Hogweed" and "Can Utility and the Coastliners" which denotes sufficiently their intense love for that band.

The opener "DNAlien" has reminiscence of "Watcher" : great mellotron intro, good bass playing and very good vocals (but this is true for the whole album). We are immediately transported in the seventies at its best. What a good number!

"The ghost And The Teenager" is less accessible, quite dark, with strange lyrics (Don't Let the Ghost Wander and Take Possession of You !) while "Heroes" is a bit weak though with a lengthy and useless end.

"Moving Red" is in the vein of "DNAlien" but not so accomplished and melodious. The closing number "... And The winner Is..." starts quite slowly ("Trespass" atmosphere) then gets a bit like "Home by the Sea" : quite a combination!

Overall, it is a quite decent effort which is fully derivative but well crafted : three stars.

ZowieZiggy | 3/5 |

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