BETWEEN SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW

This work is remarkable and quite amazing too, but in my opinion it's too much in the vein of the recent issues by ECHOLYN, IZZ and the 80's RUSH. I don't get crazy for such works nor for the vocals inside this "Between Sunlight and Shadow", but naturally I find an excellent stuff within, between a breakthrough and another; instead I regard the album "Suffocating the Bloom" by ECHOLYN as an appealing masterpiece. Anyway coming back to the present issue, I like to remark the good impression that I received from their sense of melody and the creation of a particular atmosphere as well: even though there's no trace of any bombastic solos or complex arrangements, this concept album, in the middle between progressive rock and space rock, maintains a certain balance, by means of fifteen tracks which often flow fluently. Besides the presence of a simple and essential piano, some good effects (like the run of cars passing on the highway), take the listener to a fine landscape. To me the best track is "Hold a Candle", along with "Flight", where you find an invigorating synthesizer. Instead "Infractus" is a melancholic tune, quite symphonic-like; and moreover, even though you don't find any bombastic solos, the keyboards excursions by John Green are quite fiery and intelligent.