ON THE REBOUND

Drifting Sun made a great little comeback lately, but On the Rebound shows that they were no slouches before their 16 year hiatus. When you see a neo-prog album whose title comes from the opening line of Cinderella search, you're inclined to expect a straight-up clone of Marillion's 1980s style. Far from that, Drifting Sun offer something much more interesting - a piece which makes me think of what Marillion might have sounded like in the mid-1990s had they not broadened their sound with a range of influences from outside neo-prog once Steve Hogarth came in but instead kept their old style advancing and developing. Worth a second look, now that the band are back in force.