Salve a tutti!

il post di oggi è un disco che reputo molto bello! L'ho scoperto per caso ma devo dire che effettivamente è molto piacevole e non capisco come possa essere finito nel dimenticatoio! La musica proposta è figlia del periodo, quindi aspettatevi un sano hard rock alla Deep Purple, con qualche spruzzata di tocco oscuro alla Black sabbath...infatti vi allego insieme al disco un piccolo omaggio per mostrarvi come i purple effettivamente un qualche spunto da questo disco lo abbiano preso! Le canzoni che mi sento di consigliarvi sono sicuramente "rock star", "flaggit" e "advance am", una bellissima canzone strumentale, molto molto particolare...per quanto riguarda le altre tracce del disco l'unico consiglio è quello di sedersi ed ascoltare! Un gran bel disco...fidatevi!

rewiew by blackcatbone

I’ve heard many different opinions about this rare album, mostly from people who were hearing it for the first time, spurting out influences from Deep Purple and Sabbath to Iron Butterfly and even Nektar. Honestly, I believe them to be a cross between Deep Purple and, during their faster moments, Uriah Heep. Perhaps it’s just the flowing, almost carefree vocals of Rick Donmoyer that remind me of UH. Maybe it’s the keyboard-choired hardness that is reminiscent of DP. At any time, these seven tracks (eight listed) can be ominous, then free-flying, and supposedly have sensitive lyrics (“…digging in the garbage heap…”, “…the dead begin to die…”). “Flaggit” and “Advance AM” are speedy hookers that don’t have as thick a sound as Heap’s “Easy Living”, but are still great for blowing by station wagons on the highway. Threatening are the Sabbath-with-keyboards “Tough Nuts” and very Deep Purple-ish “Sunflight”. The wordless “Melody with Balls” almost harks ahead with a Handful of Rain-era Savatage sound at times, but the pre-80s keyboard twiddling brings it back into classic rock focus. “Rock Star” is a cool little number with a breaking melody nestled within an even-keeled rhythm, though they do overstate the chorus a bit. The finale, either “U.X.I.B.” or “The Moth”, is the true oddball of the group, swamped in sudden drum work, another ultra-breaking riff, and a bass-led melody that sounds like it’s running backward. Halfway through it bleeds into a very somber interlude that makes “Planet Caravan” sound energetic. With a strong lp that prowls along like a midnight serial killer one moment, then almost derails like a runaway train the next, the quartet have succeeded in providing us with a non-generic invention, albeit unheard one, which is one of the reasons for this review.

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