THIS WORLD...

From France is coming multi-instrumentist Philippe Ogier aka Phog name taken of course from first 2 letters from his name, 4 albums in his sleeve so far. Phog offer symphonic prog with some neo prog touches here and there mainly inspired by acts such as Genesis, Camel, Finch and some french bands from '70's mainly Clearlight. Third album named This World... was issued in 2020 and is a continuation of previous two releases maybe even better in parts. The music is most of the time light and calm but has plenty of good moments, dreamy but yet complex and symphonic in instrumental sections. Overall is good but I wish to be little more up tempo , at least in some parts. Ombeline has some vocal parts, pretty decent I must add. Well, I like it, nothing groundbreaking but pleasent most of the time. 3 stars for sure, little know artis in today prog scene. Highlight for me the opening 8 min Awakening, the rest are also ok.