PALLAS (SNOWDONIA)

First band that comes to mind when I listen to this charming release by Spanish Snowdonia is Brazilian Bacamarte with their highly awarded gem Depois do Fim. And that is due to two reasons. The resembling female vocals and the equal way they handle the instruments: fast !

But where Bacamarte created a winner (second favorite for our raters of the entire 80's decade) Snowdonia somehow has to settle for far less. I'm only the second reviewer and third rater so far and that's beyond fairness I feel. This is a very pleasant and high quality piece of music that is only partly in the justified place here in the neo progressive subgenre. It could just as easily have been in the prog folk section though just a part of the songs is sung in the native language. That's pretty remarkable come to think of it because most bands sing in one and the same language.

Anyway, what I try to say here is that Snowdonia deserves much more attention than they got so far. If you like this idea of a blend of neo prog and prog folk: check it out. It's really recommended and fans of the mentioned Bacamarte could certainly give this a try. Three stars (3,3).