MOGADOR

Italian band from Como, born in 2007 out of an ad at a local studio placed by drummer/singer Richard George Allen.This way he met with multi-instrumentalist Luca Briccola and guitarist Stefano Lago, while Briccola brought in his friend Paolo Pigni to take over the bass duties.Two years later (and after tons of rehearsals in a tie/scarf factory!!!) Mogador debuted with their self- produced self-titled album.

Mogador played some sort of modern Progressive Rock with vintage-influenced structures akin to bands like MARS HOLLOW, GLASS HAMMER or UNITOPIA.While the tracks are not that long, the structures are tight with a fair dose of surprises and a quite rich sound, albeit far from original.The guitars get occasionally a heavier touch and along with the sharp synth work of Briccola are the main components of the music, based on some fast paces, expressive and crunchy vocals and interesting solos.However the second part of the album is much more interesting and contains a couple of delicate acoustic pieces close to early GENESIS with a sweet atmosphere, while Briccola adds some elegant flute work and more prominent piano themes next to his overall decent synth passages in a couple of others.There is even some apparent 70's vibe in the longest track ''Floating in the Void'' with the strong time signatures and the sound of organ, while the closer ''Omnia mutantur, nihil interit'' has an evident Classical/Electronic approach.

The first tracks show a band capable of playing some decent Progressive Rock, the last ones though show even greater aspects and a huge potential.Recommended.