BRIDGE ACROSS FOREVER

Well, this supergroup is made of very talented musicians. The first track, "Duel with the Devil", is a tour de force! Wow! Near 27 minutes of uninterrupted progressive rock with vintage keyboards: mini moog, organ, piano, Fender Rhodes and mellotron, accompanied by many miscellaneous bells sounds! This track reminds me some of the best progressive bands of the 70's: Gentle Giant, Camel and slightly Yes. Past the 21st minute, you can appreciate a beautiful young choir. These musicians have a VERY developed sense of catchy & complex melody, which is always present and never the same. Actually, they have something better than the group of the seventies: their sound is much better, more shiny, more atmospheric, and they definitely do not sound outdated.

The second track, "Suite Charlotte Pike", is a very rhythmic prog lite hard rock song, slightly bluesy, on which the rhythmic guitar sounds a bit like Steve Howe's (Yes), and the overall sound and style slightly approaches prog band Kayak, as revealed by the omnipresent rhythmic piano and Beatle-esque backing vocals.

The third track, "Bridge across the water", contains a relaxing piano and the expressive voice of the lead singer, which clearly reminds me Mrs Amy Grant's soothing voice, especially on "If these walls could speak" of the "Lead me on" album; in the background, there is a mellotron-esque floating keyboard sounding like a gentle string ensemble.

The fourth track, "Stranger in your soul", is another outstanding epic masterpiece. Trewavas is VERY elaborated here: quite more than with Marillion. Past the 6th minute, they almost sound grunge for a couples of minutes; nevertheless is is more bearable than any alternative band. At the middle of the track, there is an atmospheric beautiful & relaxing part, with, again the lead vocals reminding the tender voice of Amy Grant!

Globally, the tracks are very rhythm and mood changing, assorted with some lite string arrangements; the keyboards are rather vintage: the ones used in the early 70's. This record is extremely hard top describe because it involves so much influences! All the musicians play very complete and complex parts, and nodody wants to steal the show: they rather work together to create unforgettable epic songs. The lead & backing vocals are a VERY strong element on each track: all the 4 musicians participate to the vocal arrangements! The tracks are NEVER dark, not psychedelic, always positive, and they do not sound neo prog at all! This record will be a classic progressive album in a couples of decades, like Yes - Close to the edge, Gentle Giant - Octopus and Genesis - Selling England by the pound, because it has only strong points.

EXTREMELY RECOMMENDED!