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BEYOND EXPRESSION

Finch

 

Symphonic Prog

4.08 | 158 ratings

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Atavachron
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3 stars This band makes me smile. They knew how to make real progressive rock, which is to say knew how to have a great time without sacrificing the arithmetic of music-making. In some ways perhaps inferior to the wonderful debut, perhaps not, Finch's Beyond Expression delivers. 'A Passion Condenser' ~ an apt title if ever there was ~ is twenty minutes of very well-planned arranging but executed with such ease and alacrity that it hardly seems anything more than what it is. If you know what I mean. Packed tight as a radioactive element, the cut rises and falls into unashamed hard blues which morphs into fusiony flash, quiet reflection, anthemic swells, mousy synth squeals, old-school porn, all played with passion. 'Scars on the Ego' could be the soundtrack to a bad 1970s cop show and 'Beyond Bizarre' is rough and classy symphonic fusion a la Colosseum II, Cleem Determeijer's sweet piano and commanding synths mingling with van Nimwegen's clever, chiming guitar lines, yielding probably the best thing on the album.

The somewhat abrasive nature of this release will not appeal to all progophiles. For the rest, it will tickle a musical funnybone and remind of the spirit of days long past.

Atavachron | 3/5 |

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