WAR AND PEACE

Nice music from very competent musicians but the compositional style is a bit simplistic for me with many themes and steps in song development being quite formulaic and mathematical. I love the violin play and the keyboards and other instruments show flashes of brilliance yet I feel there could be more of all of this happening concurrently (not to be flashy but to display the instrumental prowess in a more Bach-like way: all together and throughout the course of each entire song). Melodies are simple and chord progressions seem rather basic. I await this band's maturity--especially in the compositional realm.

3.5 stars rated down for a "room to grow" factor.