THE WORLD IS FLAT AND OTHER ALTERNATIVE FACTS

SILHOUETTE are a Dutch band who formed back in 2004 and they released their first record in 2006. This is their most recent from 2017 and the majority feel this is their best release so far. This is album number six and they have also released a DVD in the same year of 2017. This is a warm, melodic album with nice vocals and they certainly added some new flavours here with guests adding violin, oboe, french horn, flute and even some soprano vocals. I would call this a Neo/Symphonic mixture.

A 50 minute recording with six tracks including the 18 minute "Symphony For A Perfect Moment" which is certainly the big attraction here, the best thing they have created according to many. I also really dig the shortest piece on here under 3 minutes called "Sakura" which is an instrumental with guitar and atmosphere mostly. But those first three tracks before the epic really set the tone to this album. Neo prog is very much hit and miss for me, mostly the latter but here is a fine example of doing Neo right.

As an aside I actually knew a guy who was convinced that the Earth is flat and the reasons why etc. and he certainly wasn't shy in expressing this view despite the evidence to the contrary. This album is the real deal though and one I think Neo fans should track down. A nice record.