DWELLERS OF THE DEEP

Looks like I'm going against the grain. Wobbler's 2017 album From Silence to Somewhere was quite rightly heralded as a masterpiece, so they had something to live up to here, and its not always easy to follow up.

That said, there's two thing I can't get past with this album. One, I can't help thinking its completely targeted at fans of the70s heyday when prog was almost mainstream. It therefore sounds a bit dated to me, and in context of other releases in 2020 that seem to be developing, that's not good. Two, and this is probably part of the reason for the first point, it sounds far too much like a Yes tribute act. Of course if you're going to mimic a prog band that's not a bad one to choose, but it seems too much to me like Wobbler haven't bothered with their own identity with this album and are just happy to give a few prog heyday fans a nostalgia trip.

Its good, but it doesn't stand out for me. First two tracks better than the last two though.