VISION

Martigan's Vision might be shamelessly Genesis-mimicing neo-prog, but - as I always find myself saying about The Watch - at least they're interesting about it. With vocal performances drawing mainly on Peter Gabriel's style (with a touch of Dave Cousins and Phil Collins sprinkled in, as others have preserved) and a musical approach which takes an unusually forceful and strident approach to the classic 80s neo-prog sound, it's not anything prog veterans haven't heard before, but it's nice to hear bands doing it so well. Shave a star off if you really can't stand Genesis imitation, but otherwise I think most neo-prog fans will think this is a reasonably exciting and entertaining second tier effort.

For me, though, the vocals slightly spoil it; they're prominent enough to be hard to ignore, and it's a little too obvious that Kai Markwordt is trying to imitate Peter Gabriel and not quite pulling it off.