The second album from this band from Puerto Rico.
The band is a duo with a lineup of bass, guitars, violin, keyboards, vocals and a drum machine.
Their 2024 debut album In The Edge Of Sanity was pretty good with a blend of Kansas and Genesis inspired symphonic prog. I reviewed here last week.
On the follow up, this one hour long album, the hard edged Kansas influences has gone. It has been replaced by some neo-prog in addition to still retaining the symphonic prog influences.
Melodic symphonic prog is what we get here.
The sound is still too thin and flimsy. That is my major gripe with this album. The drums are far, far too watery and thin/flimsy.
The female vocals here are good and suits the music. The music is melodic but it is also at times pretty complex.
It is difficult to ignore the far too thin sound. A sound that is letting this album down. The music itself is pretty good. Nevertheless..... this album is another victim of "the difficult second album" syndrome which has been a plague in this business since long play albums was invented in the 1950s.
It is an interesting album which just falls a bit short.
2.5 points
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