SCREAMING EARTH

— First review of this album —

Another promising Polish project have appeared in the progressive rock scene, with such a fantastic debut creation. And their musical trip or history is too short to be told long-windedly, so the obscurity or mystery is quite interesting. SCREAMING EARTH, founded as an art rock duo in Warsaw by a multi-instrumentalist Rafał REDOSZ and a vocalist Andrzej Ende PODŚCIAŃSKI, finally released their debut album "From Manure To The Stars" featuring wondrous spacey flavour and clearcut imaginative sound potential through Rafał's instruments.

At a first listen to this opus, I was not sure which subgenre of progressive rock this fantasy could be fit for, Neo or Crossover, actually. In the beginning of the titled prologue, Rafał's brilliant decorative keyboard playing moving flexibly here and there reminds me of the similarity to lots of Neo-symphonic agents. It's pretty cool that their heavy vibes, melodic smoothness, and rhythmic tightness possess little pop / catchy essence. Sounds like this masterpiece has mysterious charms and environmental hints. In "Unmasked Dreams" sensitive crying guitar sounds are enchanting. "Ash And Diamonds" provides deep but bright starlights for the audience. Prospective really. Some of their melodic attachments are not linked to pop / catchy texture. Anyway Andrzej's silky voices add Crossover-y tastes to melodically complicated substances ... one of the catchiest tracks "The Blue Temple" gives us a proposition of soothing bluesy atmosphere plus smooth vocals. A good fusion can be heard via here. Listening to the whole of this opus supplies the audience a sort of mixture of artistic circumstances and pop Crossover-y melody lines.

And of course let me say, the sleeve pic where future human beings with a bulky brain 'along with overevolution' get inactive should be sarcastic and impressive. Wow.