CLUTCHING AT STRAWS

1. Hotel Hobbies begins strong, dark, latent, ambient, haunting; it's good, it looks like we've already listened to it before the first listen; it bursts suddenly with Steve infusing beauty into his strings and Ian launching the tempo; Fish excellent, no matter what people say, one of the most beautiful prog voices of the 80s, the solo which tears, which squirts in all directions, sublime yes; 2. Warm Wet Circles connects with Tessa who accompanies it, it's weird, short title stuck it throws; it's cool, it's well brought, already the mind to torture it to know if it's going to be better than MC 3. That Time of the Night a bit of piano, Pete's bass and the spleen guitar... which goes on, not possible they rebalance a concept... giant; latent title like a break before the launch of the title, astonishing and orgasmic; yes there is often ecstasy while listening to Marillion, having saved us from the end of the program... prophetic title, grandiloquent for the final chorus which seems to swell and transcend the musicality, for this guitar which roars above the Mark's synths... Go sing warm wet circles as if we had returned to the previous title 4. Going Under which I listened to on a B'sides at first, yes I had the LP, then on CD it was good, all that to say that when you're a fan you do everything to ... have everything of Marillion; now I have taken some distance fortunately; title interlude spleen, melancholy and crystalline, spatial, ideal to settle down before the continuation which comes there 5. Just for the Record and the opportunity to realize that it's not a concept... a well cut title, I had dreamed too fast and too hard; title that I like for the characteristic synth to Genesis, uh to Marillion ... yes it feels good; expressive, joyful, fast 6. White Russian begins windy, still latent, oh there I feel heavy there as if it was going to go on a... yes an eloquent title, a dreamlike crescendo I think, something that will send heavy in concert, yes Fish manages to maintain the aura of the group with his musical voice which ideally matches the instruments; 2'50 and Steve's solo which tears our ears... and it continues, giant from the 1st listening, the neo in its firmament; the break with piano and guitar arpeggio, Fish which arises then which starts again to the charge as for the warrior epic; if I don't put 5 there, where are we going? An 8 for today's grades, shh the little hooch bottle dancer dancing, a memory etched in my mind, huge 7. Incommunicado started the B, its intro rise before the explosion is energetic, festive, Mark shoots with his 10 fingers, he jumps everywhere, Celtic folk rock, it changes, it's funny not having this dark side; the clip is worth its weight with this parody of a 60s group, in short energetic, dancing, genesis in the good sense of the term with the greasy keyboard, a bomb; the end a little long cut in the clip, they themselves must have noticed it 8. Torch Song slow tempo, melancholy arpeggio, bar noise, a cork, a Beaujolais? We are always in the tavern, the pub before leaving; logical mid-term break good stop coughing anyway it's not done, even drinking too much to find inspiration; intimate moment and it starts again, the end with a piano arpeggio that overlooks 9. Slàinte Mhath and chained, they redo the blow to us, air easy and strong, ah Pete, Mark, Ian and Steve branding the sound with a hot iron; Fish comes on and continues his story, yes you know it's not an album like any other, a great reflection; the well-sliced coiplets stand out from the power of the chorus, everyone has their time; 10. Sugar Mice seems hooked, description of these hard moments of life, of war, of all these evils of our society, again a dark, monolithic guitar arpeggio; moment when Torch sees his band leaving the bar, sees them playing alone without him... any sign? Dark, predictable that it was hot, but so beautiful, staggering, one more oxymoron; the end with Mark serving his acolytes in the bar.. as on the cover, moving and divinatory setting 11. The Last Straw smells like the finale, yes it's easy, I know the album by heart; a revisit of the titles of the album with this soft madness which characterizes the album, dark and successful, predictable and avant-garde; break that freaks me out, yes I remember the gossip, it's not going well between them, no the album is great, no they're worn out Fish is going to leave, well it doesn't matter they're going to stay together with such a good album. .. so many hallway noises to which we cling like wisps of straw; Tessa gives me hope, yes from time to time it doesn't take much... plus they laugh at the end it was for... to laugh?

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