FLOWERMOUTH

If the first album of NO-MAN was purely Pop that had nothing to do with Prog, this one is far more interesting. There are still Pop elements, but so much more with many instruments that bring the songs to another level. I am thinking of that beautiful classical piano, a little saxophone, and a trumpet passage. The songs are sung by the melancholic voice of Tim Bowness. The instrumentation is provided by Steven Wilson, Robert Fripp, and others. The guitar is heavier at the end of the album with a terrific long guitar solo. There are some classical arrangements where you can hear the violin. The result is a beautiful atmospheric rock album that I just discovered recently. If the first album was too much on the Pop side and the recent releases too ambient for my taste, this one is just what I needed.