AMAZINGOUS

Cheeto's Magazine

Crossover Prog

3.93 | 175 ratings

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Gerinski
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Fun, fresh, happy, energetic, positive and quite original eclectic Prog from Barcelona, Spain.

Amazingous ranked #38 in the PA Collaborators Album of the Year 2019, and 7th in the Crossover category. Get ready for a lot of cheerful and whimsy surprises as you go along listening to this album. It's clear that the band don't take themselves too seriously, I had the chance to see them live and it was a lot of fun and enjoyment.

We have two keyboardists so the keyboard and synth work is particularly outstanding, not self-indulging but very good, accompanied by an energetic guitar and a solid rhythm section. The music is very varied, even within each song, from Moon Safari-like happy ballad to prog metal guitar riffs, passing through poppy sections. Easy-listening and very accessible but at the same time with plenty of complexity when you listen carefully. The closest reference I can think of is Neal Morse-era Spock's Beard.

The production is also very good for a band with probably rather limited resources. I reckon the vocals (in English) may be a bit too silly but I'm not a native English speaker so they are no problem for me.

We have 7 "short" songs (between 4 and 7 minutes long) and the final 25-minute-long epic "Big Boy". The opener "Chili Guillermo" is my favourite among the short ones, you can find the videoclip on YouTube. The other 6 short songs are also very good, as I said very varied, we have even some Latin vibes in "Outflow", a hard-rocker in "Ready to Rumble" or a darker mood in "Scum".

The tour-de-force is the 25-minute epic "Big Boy". While being also very varied it still feels cohesive and it feels shorter than what it actually is.

Highly recommended.

Gerinski | 4/5 | 2023-2-16

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