WHERE IDEAL AND DENIAL COLLIDE

Oddleaf's debut album "Where ideal and denial collide" is an impressive and captivating journey through symphonic progressive rock. This French group has truly succeeded in creating a work that both honors the classics and embraces the modern. With influences from legendary bands like Yes, Genesis, and Museo Rosenback, as well as newer bands like Magenta, Wobbler, and Rubber Tea, Oddleaf offers a rich soundscape that is hard to resist.

The band plays with such an effortless and natural style that is rarely heard in new bands. They perform a diversified symphonic rock that is both beautiful and hard-hitting, as well as complex. They move between pastoral beauty and heavy riffs with such ease. Perhaps it's just me, but the music strongly reminds me of Italian progressive rock with its keyboard-driven style, complexity, melodies, and ability to evoke new emotions in an instant.

They have also managed to write a number of songs that create a cohesive harmony on the album, despite each song having its own character and standing on its own. The singer's voice is fantastic and fits perfectly into the music; she has a wonderful ability to sing with both feeling and passion.

I am deeply impressed and have been playing this album constantly since I bought it, and there is nothing to suggest that this will change. I would be extremely surprised if, in a few years, I still do not consider this the best album of the year, in tough competition with Ritual and Beardfish. A debut that I hope everyone takes the time to listen to.

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