HERE COMES THE SUN

10% 1976 BLUE 'YSTER CULT, 10% 1990 THE CURE ~1990, 20% FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM around 2004, and 60% 1992 ALICE IN CHAINS, Klone represents a very welcome if nostalgic musical hybrid all blended very much into a progressive rock package. I can only imagine the awesome power this band must pack live in concert as lead singer Yann Linger's voice must surely fill any auditorium! Even in "softer" songs like "Nebulous"--no, maybe more in softer songs like "Nebulous"--Yann's LAYNE STALEY-like voice stands out as the main attraction. It is not often that one comes across that kind of commanding presence in a front man, but Yann Linger has it--just as Layne Staley had it. (In my humble opinion, Staley was probably the most distinctive, central representative of the 1990's "grunge" movement--yes, even more than Eddie Vedder or Kurt Cobain.)

Here Comes the Sun flows with such addictive power that one cannot help but want to hear more once one has started. Just a great sound, top to bottom, with the addition of a great saxophone player and great sound engineering and production. This is surely one of the gems of 2015! It simply must be listened to in order to be believed!

Five star songs: 4. "The Drifter" (6:13) (10/10); the ALICE IN CHAINS-like 8. "Come Undone" (4:25) (10/10); 1. "Immersion" (5:11) (9/10); "Grim Dance" (5:27) (9/10), and; the instrumental 6. "Gleaming" (2:53) (9/10).

Four star songs: 9. "The Last Experience" (7:18) (8/10); 5. "Nebulous" (5:53) (8/10); 2. "Fog" (4:48), and; the POLICE "Messsage in a Bottle"-like "Gone Up in Flames" (3:59) (8/10).

B/four stars; a great contribution of progressive rock music.