SCRIPT FOR A JESTER'S TEAR

I can imagine the joy with which the prog-rock fans received this album in that time. The first 80's were an awful era for prog, when almost all classic bands where deliverying their worst albums. But here you have this new band, sounding as the classic 70's symphonic rock bands... Well, the music is simplier and the production more 80-ish, but the theatrical vocals, the synth passages, the guitar solos... And yes, they remind me a LOT to Genesis, mainly due to Fish's Gabriel-cloned voice. He does a great job all thru the album, though some moments it gets very close to being irritating. "Garden party" and "Chelsea Monday" are great prog-rock moments.

And by the way, they not only recover prog-rock sound, but also the great sleeve art of the old prog-rock albums. That sad jester playing violin in his dark room deserves a place by that old screaming schizoid man we all know.