MISSA ATROPOS

I usually don't like simplistic pop records with big doze of stereotype electronics, teenage melancholy and slightly prog-spiced on the surface to look attractive for music lovers, who likes pop, but wanst to look intellectual enough listening pseudo-prog. But this album is on the top of PA Albums Top for 2010 today (Oct.11, 2010), so I decided to give them a chance.

First of all I must to mention I am not a teenager, live in big European town, got a good education and seriously listen music for last 30+ years. So obviously I am not a member of this release's target group. What means my review is in fact just a very marginal one. But I know I'm not alone between prog lovers with similar biography, so I just decided to put on paper few comments on this album.

First of all, this album is listenable, and it's good! Yes, vocalist has very specific voice and sings just one song during all album, but musicians on the back trying hard to make this song as much different, as they can. OK, they are far not in Top-1000 best musicians in the world, but at least they are trying!

Result is quite acceptable - music is melancholic, dreamy, mid tempo, but with good sound mix. Even heavy their fun will hardly find two differences between any two songs on that album, but who cares? If Radiohead music sounds too intellectual for you and Coldplay didn't put few "proggy" samples on their songs to be counted as " near progressive", possibly this album is what you need. For sure, drumming machine could be better programmed, but... who cares?

Yellow autumn leaves falling down in small provincial town's park... Days are still sunny, but nights are cold yet. It's so nice to watch on last sun's shines before it will be almost dark...

So romantic, isn't it? And so accessible...