COLOURS CAFFÉ (10TH ANNIVERSARY REMIXED EDITION)

Let's go back to Transylvania for some good old fashioned symphonic prog! As Yesterdays' Senki madara album was my favorite prog album in 2018 I was curious to check out their first two albums also. Holdfénykert/Moonlit Garden was a fantastic debut in 2006 and Colours Caffé was something different, more rocky, with more power and nicely crafted songs.

In this box set I got the old 2010 version and the new one and the difference is massive. This comes to show how much depends on the sound, the mixing. Many previously muted instruments are back in the mix, "new" mellotron, hammond, slide guitar parts appeared, and the guitar solo parts in Bábu (a JETHRO TULL-ish fantasy in 5/4) is different in each version (the original, the one from the Japanese Bonus CD, the music video and now this!). I love these little changes, surprises!

Némafilm Part II. and Megpihensz are following their debut album's mood, it's not a surprise that they did play these tunes with the first lineup of YESTERDAYS in 2007. It's nice to see the old live versions on YouTube.

Forog a tánc ends with some fusion madness, with two of the most interesting Hungarian musicians guesting: Gergo Borlai (dr) and Tamas Mohai (g). That drum-guitar duel at the end is fantastic!!!

With Gabor Kecskemeti (fl), Yesterdays gained some more flute power and their Jethro Tull influences are more evident now. I am happy that he is part of this project still to this day, because the Senki madara album wouldn't be the same without those rich flute solos.

Now that my Yesterdays discography is complete, I am looking forward to the next single, and hopefully the live DVD they were talking about on the band's FB.

Colours Caffé for me it's like a new Yesterdays album, and a very strong one indeed. 4 stars!