NOW AND THEN

A classic issue in the late seventies, featuring two US vocalists such as Rick Bartlett and Mark Miceli, by a derivative band-YES like- with hints of such a simphonic style by ELP in their lightest vein, and their use of accessible melodies too. Well their recent come back ("Mother Sun" is the title of their new album) in the course of year 2000, is a bit disappointing, being too much technological and emulating also the CRIMSONian sound of the eighties. Instead the present "Now and Then" is recommended, even though it is not a masterpiece...