SQUARE THE CIRCLE

On their debut album Triangle draw inspiration from giants of neo-prog such as Marillion, IQ and Twelfth Night whilst developing their own distinctive style. In general, their extended and epic songs work around contrasting bombastic instrumental workouts reminiscent of IQ or early Marillion and darker, more subdued bass-driven portions that remind me a lot of the better works of Twelfth Night. (Martijn Paasschens, in his vocal delivery, at points reminds me of a somewhat more Gothic version of Geoff Mann). On the whole, this debut album is a remarkably confident piece which manages to simultaneously revive the early 1980s approach to neo-prog whilst at the same time offering enough of a new spin on the idea to give it an appeal beyond mere nostalgia.