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This captivating Spanish formation was founded in the
late Nineties, in 2002 they released their debut album Horizonte
De Sucesos, then it took five years to produce a second
CD entitled Cuentos De Otros Mundos Posibles (2007), some
of my words about that album: “I am impressed by this second
effort, what a good musicians and what a wonderful and often
compelling compositions, a big hand for Neverness!” and
“A very captivating element is the contrast between the
rock-oriented guitar work and the varied ‘vintage keyboard’
sound”. So I was very curious to this new Neverness album
entitled The Measure Of Time (six songs, running time around
one hour).
Well, let’s start with a conclusion: this is a great
album, so captivating and unique, after 40 years of progrock,
Neverness is a shining example that progrock still can be
progressive! OK, the elements of progrock legends King Crimson
and Pink Floyd are obviously but Neverness used it as a
basic element to be creative. And Neverness sounds creative,
the music is loaded with dynamics, variation and musical
ideas: from a fat Moog sound with propulsive drums and compelling
bombastic climates with fiery guitar to lots of tension
between mellow with soaring keyboards and an ominous sound
like King Crimson on Red in Behind Your Face, from powerful
guitar with violin-Mellotron and propulsive guitar riffs
with Hammond organ to a surprising electronic part featuring
sequencers and synthesizers in the titletrack, from acoustic
rhythm guitar with vocals to a compelling rhythm with sensitive
electric guitar runs to a bit avant-garde-like synthesizer
solo in The Letter, a blend of blues and psychedelia with
varied guitar work and splendid keyboards in Reing Of Fools,
a lush keyboard sound with warm Grand piano, majestic church
organ, soaring Farfisa organ and mellow Mellotron aling
emotional vocals and an excellent bombastic finale in Rest
In Pieces and finally cascades of shifting moods, breaks
and solos in the long Shadows Of The Past (more than11 minutes)
in which the final part is breathtaking: more and more lush
and compelling with slide guitar, orchestral keyboards,
a propulsive rhythm-section and pleasant English vocals
(as on the entire album) … - …. what a conclusion and …
what a CD, highly recommended!
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!]
Erik
Neuteboom
Progwalhalla.nl
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