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LOVER'S END

Moon Safari

 

Symphonic Prog

3.88 | 457 ratings

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Marty McFly
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5 stars It's beautiful, simply beautiful. In fact, this is everything what this album, this band, their purpose is to create pleasant, uplifting, positive music, maybe because there is a lot of pain in this world, maybe because there is already too much pain and fear in this world. Well, having intention to make something in a way that they want isn't usually enough. You have to have skills and will to do it and musicianship, composing skills, writing of according lyrics, that's something that Moon Safari guys (now 6 of them) have.

It's a band of my interest, I've tried to gather as much information as I could, talk with (mostly Tobias, drummer) guys a little bit and also spread the word amongst my friends. It sounds like I'm religion talker, the one who rings your bell and is standing in front of your house, but nothing like that - or perhaps Moon Safari's music is like that, promise of beauty, only without side effects of being in believing group/sect, or worshiping someone. You just listen this music and smiles. If you want, if not, you just go away. There are people like that.

This won't fit everyone. As I know from my personal experience, as you can see from other reviews, some people dislike this kind of music, while others are too demanding on originality aspect. Well, after all, what's originality, that's tough question. For me, Lover's End has a soul. I can identify, I can hum (and remember, which is not so usual for me) every song there, each of them is special, while of course, I have the most favourite one which I listen most. It's A Kid Called Panic with its powerful riff, "Methuselah's Children" reminding structure (and melody).

Multi-layered instruments, old, thick and vintage feeling (Mellotron, oh yeah), equally multiple vocals (strangely, all guys here have beautiful voices, which is very unsual), this can apply to other two albums as well. Well, casual fans are happy, Prog fans are happy, because there Moon Safari are currently (for me, I'm too young to be expert, yet I hope my voice counts) one of the leaders in Symphonic Prog department, I'm happy (which is important for me, obviously).

I'm atheist. They say that we like to doubt. I once heard that Jews does that too, but don't know too much about this. Yet I don't doubt this music. It simply works and believe me, I don't like shallow, hollow and empty music. This is as complex as this kind of music can go, while staying accessible. And I again have to state that being accessible, or pleasant, or melodic isn't a crime. Doing (oh well, Marty's rant against this band starts again) Asia- type of music is equally also acc-ple&mel for some, but for me, it's something completely different. These attributes are raised to highest level here. Of course, Univers Zero makes terrific music and compared to them, Moon Safari are less complex. But it would be comparison of apples and pears, wouldn't it ?

I mean that you can doubt about everything and if you'll doubt long enough, you can convince yourself about virtually everything. Even about stupidity of this music. But why would someone do such a thing, when he can just enjoy this, be pleased (as I said, I demand quality, I demand certain elements that I want in my music, it has to caugh my attention, attract me and I have to want to listen to it, there has to be some kind of appealing factor, possibly to make me listen to it more, to want to listen to it more and more (and more) - it is there).

Some complains as well, but nothing major. I don't like use of word "chick" in their longest track. It simply doesn't suit me there, even it makes interesting contrast, creating world of possibilities our hero has and what he wants (and cannot get).

5(-), not as good as Blomljud (because it's shorter), but even I've tried (really tried) to be fair and somehow make rate of objectivity/subjectivity as well as possible, I cannot find flaws in it.

Marty McFly | 5/5 |

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