HEMISPHERES

It's really difficult to add something new when everybody agrees the same, and yes I am one of those thousands -if not millions- who thinks that Hemispheres is probably the best work of this power trio in his whole career. The opening song is just brilliant, such clever way to develop an idea! using the same musical motive to give unity during eighteen minutes, if it looks simple must be because they really know what they're doing! I asked myself the first time I heard it, why did they put it as one song instead of five? in a closer hearing I realised that the concept of the song was to develope the same idea in five different ways and comunicate each part with the same musical motive so it can give an impression of an evolution and, at the same time, this repetition allowed you to follow through all the song the same idea which is no matter how much we try to explaine things we cannot anticipate the future nor change the past, somehow we are trapped by destiny, sounds like greek tragedy, must be inspired by it. The next one Circumstances is a fine piece of music with an outstanding opening riff and great lyrics and we can talk hours and hours of the subtle arrengements in the middle of The Trees but is the final act that earns them the five stars, La Villa Stragnato is a potpurri of cartoon music and incidental music, but the genius of it is the order of each part that gives you the impression of an instrumental jam made originally by the band instead of a collection of little pieces, if this album don't deserves five stars I don't know what could.