SEVEN WIDOWS

Trying to cleanup some of the Neo-Prog albums I missed the first time around as I want to post my favourite Neo albums of all time soon. BELIEVE are from Poland and the project of guitar Mirek Gil who was part of one of my favourite Neo records called "Moonshine". Honestly I think it's his presence here that has caused this to be under that sub-genre more than the music itself. Loved the debut "Hope To See Another Day" along with the followup "Yesterday Is A Friend" but the three in between the new one and those I missed mostly due to poor feedback on those. This is a return to form. A new singer who is a little more emotional which suits the subject matter here perfectly.

I mean we're talking about widows throughout and this is sad. It helps with the violin and atmosphere provided mostly by the keyboards which is mostly how they are used here. Gil's guitar soars high as usual. I really got into this from the first spin, I just like that sound. Melancholy, atmosphere, soaring guitar and those vocals create a special recording. There are no titles other than "I" to "VII". It would have been cool to have an idea with related titles to each widow but at least we have the lyrics as he sings in English. Favourite track is "IV" at just over 11 1/2 minutes it's a great ride with repeated themes. Congrats Mirek!