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Ifsounds / ex If

Crossover Prog

2.74 | 3 ratings

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toroddfuglesteg

This is not exactly what I expected from an Italian band.

I was listening to a Magna Carta album just before I started to listen to this album........ and thought I had forgotten to remove their album from my CD player. Some confusion reigned before it dawned on me that this album was indeed an Ifsounds album.

In other words, this album starts as a folk rock album with some country and Queen inspirations before it races towards the safe AOR territory. Some female vocals too enters the fraying pan. The Magna Carta references is not far off the mark, although Ifsounds is far more AOR orientated. Some piano too brightens the landscape and there is even a punk like uptempo song here.

...... And then there is the contentious matter of quality. Frankly, I am not impressed. The music tags along without really making any impression. That fast punk like song seems out of place. The ballads feels too calculated. I wonder where the soul is on this album. It feels, well, calculated. The sound is AOR with folk and country influences. Prog rock........ Where ? In short, this album is not for me, I am afraid.

Sorry !

2 stars

toroddfuglesteg | 2/5 | 2010-7-15

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