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AND WE'RE NOT HERE AFTER ALL

Overhead

 

Crossover Prog

3.16 | 71 ratings

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Windhawk
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4 stars A real nice creation from this Finnish band, who seems to have hit on a good musical track to explore further on this release. Especially the opening one-two punch of A Method... toThe Madness is effective, with a lush, mellow opening that explodes in intensity for the last minute, and continuing over in an intense tune with a driving bassline and a majestic chorus segment, breaking to a totally different mood at the 5 minute mark, eventually finishing with a grandiose version of the chorus again.

The rest of the compositions isn't as strong overall though; although most share a very similar characteristic: They start off as mellow but complex songs with lots of details and generally compelling atmospheres, and then evolve towards harder and more energetic segments. In all instances I found the opening segments of these to be far more interesting than the end product. When that is said none of those tunes are really weak; with the only letdowns for me personally mood piece The Sun and the more synthified atmospheres of Entropy.

In sound this act sounds pretty similar to Sylvan. Mostly due to the vocals; which share many similarities in tone, timbre and delivery, but also the way the songs are arranged and structured is quite alike. The main difference between the bands are Overhead's use of vintage sounding instruments; using flute and organ where Sylvan would have chosen synthesizers.

With this said, an obvious conclusion is that fans of Sylvan should check this out; and fans of Neo-prog with leanings towards vintage art rock may also find this production compelling.

Windhawk | 4/5 |

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