SILENT CRIES AND MIGHTY ECHOES

This album is more dynamic than "Echoes" and brings more space for guitar playing - no return to hard rock but a tasteful team-friendly playing. The band has stepped down slightly from its cloudy heights to provide more melody

and accessibility to a less demanding listener. "Mighty echoes" is an evidence of it, with clear leading motive and surrounding structure with reach keyboards. Overall keyboard playing is still strong and I don't mind the lack of soloing; it's sufficient to hear

changing keyboard sounds and layers. As with previous albums, the second track is my favourite, once again, quite full of dynamic changes and ideas.

Somehow, singing is less irritating to me than on their previous albums so all in all, it rounds up to 4 stars.