CONSUMPTION

I thought I had done some very interesting discoveries with this band Eyestrings where comparisons and resemblances were concerned. But after reading the other review here by Igor it appears it had already been noticed by someone else. This second album Consumption (unlike the debut which was much more neo progressive) makes the band indeed sound a lot like Discipline (75%), Radiohead (15%) with a touch of King Crimson (5%) and Gentle Giant or VDGG (5%). And makes the band in this style a strong contender for the eclectic subgenre all over sudden.

So I subscribe Igor's review with the exception of ... his enthusiasm. Apparently many proggers (because I noticed this before) like this switch in style by a band but not me. When a band claims to be a neo progressive band they should play like that and not do something completely different instead. Unless of course they prefer to be a 100% different band all at once. Consumption is a dark progressive album with hardly any straightforward harmonic melodies just a lot of hard to grasp inaccessible strange compositions. Like I said, on itself no problem except for the fact that it's nothing like neo prog should sound like.

So this can only end up as a two star result for me because that's what I usually give when I will hardly play an album anymore for fun reasons. Maybe if I want more challenging music when I'm in that particular mood but that rarely happens I'm afraid. There's simply too much really wonderful music waiting out there to be listened to. And Consumption is not one of them for me. So two stars it is.