THE LEAST WE CAN DO IS WAVE TO EACH OTHER

After their controversial (and immature too!!) debut album - except on the remarkable but not extraordinary song entitled "Necromancer" - the present work shows a more defined style: in fact the gothic mood by P. Hammil begins to emerge, by means of three dark songs such as "After the flood", "Darkness" and the ever-green "Refugees" (this latter still performed nowadays). Of course better things came afterwards, especially if you consider their best albums like "Pawn Hearts" or "H to He" . nevertheless you can taste the dramatic mood of P. Hammil, along with his typical stunning vocalism, which is already worth checking out at least. After all in these early years (especially when Pink Floyd and Soft Machine were the most successful psychedelic/prog bands, during some particular gigs in the UK) He began to develop such an interesting dark prog genre, which soon became his own "trademark", even though his success was not equal to that one acclaimed within the psychedelic circuits (do you remember the Ufo Club in London?!). By means of this "The least We can do." Hammil began to trace his definitive music path and in this manner it seemed He let his dark and dramatic music play without particular resistance from the usual listener.but after all, in spite of some intricate passages being so difficult to take, especially in the following albums (talking about his brainy approach), He was a unique artist, being able to reinvent himself several times in the course of his career. Well the present work it's only his first step, being anyway important from the historical point of view. Otherwise P. Hammil is a great vocalist and a diverse composer as well still today, and for me almost all his albums have got their own peculiarity, in spite of being tiring sometimes.so also "The least We can do." is interesting!

Final score: between 3 stars and 4 stars