TINYFISH

Something hard I find when reviewing the crossover prog music due to - most of the time - it's hard to understand the proginess of the music. But with more music in this arena I finally get used to crossover music. It's also the case with Tinyfish where I got confused when I spun the album at the first time. I thought that this band has no identity because the music is quite different in style from one track to another.

"Motorville" (4:54) starts with spacey ambient narration until the narrator says "let's start get the work done" the music then kicks off nicely in upbeat tempo with neo progressive style. The vocal Simon Godfrey enters the music backed with organ and guitar fills in ambient mood. It's quite promising opening track. The way Simon sings reminds me to Pendragon's singer. "Fly Like A bird" (4:11) starts ambient with guitar fills followed by slow tempo music in the vein of Pink Floyd but in straight forward way. There is a narration with distant voice style in the middle of the track backed with nice keyboard work. Guitar solo that follows is in the vein of David Gilmour. I am sure you would enjoy this track especially when you turn the volume up - it's probably like enjoying Pink Floyd tune.

"Nine Months On Fire" (5:46) starts nice with ambient sound and guitar riffs followed by vocal line in relatively upbeat tempo using repeated guitar riffs and dynamic bass playing. There must have been some influence of progressive metal right here with this track as I can hear the guitar riffs even though in soft setting. The immediate acoustic guitar fills in the middle of the track makes this song interesting to enjoy. "Too High For Low Company" (4:15) brings another ambient nuance on the opening followed by bass playing and then a stream of music in pop style. Even though this is quite simple song but it's quite interesting. "Build Your Own Enemy" (5:16) is a mellow style song with acoustic guitar serves as main rhythm section augmented with long sustain keyboard sound. The electric guitar solo that accompanies vocal at the ending part of the song is nice.

"God Eat God" (3:12) is an upbeat music using riffs in pop style. "All Hands Lost " (12:26) is probably the most prog if I look at the duration. The music picks up slowly at the beginning where vocal sings accompanied by guitar. The guitar solo during interlude part is stunning even though there is nothing special with this track.

Overall, this is a good album from Tinyfish. Keep on proggin' ..!

Peace on earth and mercy mild - GW