UNION

1. Union for the slap, a new sound invades my ears; djent, okay, but synth-prog too, all mixed together for a spatial, languorous alliance; simple, effective. 2. Reanimate, with a jerky riff, an opalescent synth, a whispered vocal; energy, a compulsive air, the heavy sound of the moment, less sleepy than sludge, more modern, well, it rocks but it's fresh, I'm surprised, I'm relaxing. 3. Starseeker continues and changes, evolves; the gripping djent groove transforms into more haunting and progressive synthetic sounds, addictive. A latent, prog break, a parenthesis before the crescendo finale and this vocal over a reverberating keyboard, I get a slap. 4. Hollow changes tempo, a soaring, jazzy-prog tune in the distance, melodic, the chorus explodes during the chorus, the melancholy-tortured ballad lament where snatches of Leprous emerge from the screams; once again, the keyboard solo in the break is pure beauty in its inventiveness.

5. Triumph for the triumph of the typical sound of this band that I discovered by chance, with a hint of Atoma, but more aggressive, for a divine rise; the synth and then the soft vocals stand out even more in this dreamlike and orgasmic fade. 6. Parhelion for its melodic synth line with its sustained djent blasts; Andy modulates his voice to drift towards the sounds of Leprous and Maraton; the energetic sound leans towards electric post-rock. A track that starts with atmospheric ambient, with Radiohead's prog passages, a piece that swells again with an intense adrenaline rush in the syncopated finale. 7. Coalescence with the ambient music opening and its vibrant bass; a post-neo 80s prog sound with the emphasis on synths, something I've been finding since the new decade of 2020 in bands like KYROS with a young, rhythmic, forward-looking sound. In short, Periphery-style djent calms down, letting the invasive sounds emerge; an orgiastic build-up before the mid-break of this good 15 minutes, a vibration on The Cure and their 'Carnage Visors' for new-wave enthusiasts; in short, a track full of djent amphetamine erased by the mass of pervasive keyboards; the finale lets itself be guessed, Dantesque with a final enjoyable rise; the finale fades into a divine breath. Quite simply, an OMNI.

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