IMPERFECT SILENCE

1. In Perfect Silence for the slightly pompous musical intro, a lyrical flight with a lot of solemn keyboards, piano, and flute for the track that's easy to listen to, nothing new on the horizon except the grandiloquence of the affable tune. 2. The Distance Between Here and Now with Rob's guitar and flute again, on a regressive folk tune from yesteryear; the vocal flirting with overdone Floyd vibes for a long monologue that loops; the nostalgic sax saves the track, vibrating while keeping the spirit of the past; it takes these last two minutes to finally get a sound worthy of 2020 and avoid falling asleep. 3. House of Shadows for its minimalist beat, pad of an 80s GENESIS, yes more than 40 years ago. The typical vocal can be jarring, raw on a melodic tune with a soporific metronomic drum machine. The sampled choir and then the old-fashioned sax plunge us back into the haunting atmosphere where I desperately await the end. The outro reminds me a bit of Wally Badarou. 4. Wrapped in Black, with its solemn spatial departure, the ship's departure for a prog land, finally magnificent. The vocals are reminiscent of an Alan Parson's melody without the innovative spirit; here, it's a soporific repetitive base. The mid-track break with sax and a sampled pad, too predictable, brightens the end of the track with Alain's slide guitar reminiscent of Ry Cooder, a finale that will be the musical cherry on the cake.

5. Hallow, packed with electronics, with a tune flirting with an Archange track; The guitar is still lively, melting, the sax regains its groovy side, the keyboard tries to find an atmosphere between solo and melodic repetition, boredom on this consensual track that stretches, stretches on the long, heady chorus. 6. Haunted with a beautiful electro sound, I breathe; after the annoying 80s clap today, warm vocals that keep you on the edge of your seat with the Phil Collins-like chorus, a good point. A bit of synth riff to shake things up, finally; the least of this linear refrain that brings nothing new. It still needs the typical sax on the worked synth to have this finale, lively but conventional without the innovative prog spirit, an ambivalent track that takes a while to take off, which suggests beautiful aborted things. 7. Endless Beginning with Rob's sax in front, a southern folk air on an imposing bass, the good side. The other side is the heady electric piano notes, played quickly, that bring this piece back to its Bontempi synth straitjacket, a shame because there was potential in this heavy, melancholic, and colorful hi-hat track. 8 Red Forest, with Rob's sax again, the mastermind of this group, in fact, spearheading the long, slow ambient buildup, a tune that can take its time here, like the ambient electronic sounds of TANGERINE DREAM. The keyboard is watery in the break, water and droplets falling from the leaves of this Chernobyl forest regaining a taste for life? The birds chirp, a little joy. A beautiful ambient jungle passage and a sweet melody with the return of the wolves, the only inhabitants of this unique region in the world. The final prophetic narration in the outro and the ending leave you speechless.

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