THE SECOND HAND

ANUBIS are a band out of Australia who play in that Neo-Prog style. I have their first two albums and gave both 3.5 stars. It's like they are close to being excellent in my music world but just short of it until I heard this one from 2017. A six piece band who feature plenty of atmosphere in their music and they always release concept albums. So I'm not big on concept records or that this is almost 70 minutes long but you know what? They nailed it this time. I don't have the previous album to this one. Love the samples of spoken words and sounds from the street or whatever. Mostly we hear this at the start of a song or the end or both. Excellent vocals and guitar but it's all good for the most part.

They do mention mellotron but it's samples, not the real thing but still I like the sound as they create a lot of atmosphere with it and the synths especially. This is a consistent album, in fact it's almost impossible for me to pick a top three. This is a great headphone album, especially for those who are into stories. There are 12 guests all adding vocals or spoken words. Neo-Prog fans probably already know about these Aussies but if not check out their discography please.