| Band
Members: |
Yogi Lang / vocals, keyboards |
Karlheinz Wallner / guitars |
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Stephan Ebner / bass |
Manfred Müller / drums |
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Ray Wilson / vocals on 'Roses'
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| Track
Listing: |
1.)- Sleep (7:11) |
8.)-World through my Eyes (10:14)
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2.)-Start the fire (5:02) |
9.)-Wasted Land (4:52) |
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3.)- Everything was
not Enough (8:43) |
10.)-Bound to reach
the End (6:56) |
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4.)-Roses (6:36) |
11.)-Bonus track on
Special Edition:New Stars (6:30) |
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5.)-Three Lights (8:30)
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6.)-Sea-Nature (8:21) |
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7.)-Day on my Pillow (4:23) |
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| The
Review |
Touching on Floyd (what would you
except with a band that began as a Floyd cover band?) RPWL’s
latest continues to forge their own unique sound which features
strong melodic hooks and memorable playing. Yogi Lang’s Gilmour
influenced vocals and the choppy, staccato and muscular “Roses”
is a real highlight on the album featuring the great Ray Wilson
on vocals . It’s also the closest the band has come to creating
a memorable “single”. The band clearly is aiming for FM radio
in the States but with songs like “Roses” and “Start the Fire”
with its winding Beatlesque melody and structure certainly
would make them favorites . ***
The one flaw that “The World Through
My Eyes” has is an abundance of tracks over the 8 minute mark.
While there’s nothing wrong with that many of these songs
could easily have been cut down by 2 to 3 minutes and sounded
all the better for it. For example “Sea-Nature” is a wonderful
song with a muscular hook that draws you in immediately but
it meanders and by the end has worn out its welcome. Regardless
of these minor flaws “The World Through My Eyes” continues
to demonstrate that RPWL is a band to watch. They’ve got the
chops, the songwriting skills and presence (at least on CD)
to drive away any suggestions that they are aping classic
rock band’s styles. It’s a fine album and can be recommended.
What RPWL really needs is an outside disciplined producer
who will rein in the band’s excesses and emphasis their strengths.
Unlike a lot of bands RPWL provide a nice balance between
their longer tracks and shorter oes but the band sometimes
looses track of when it’s time to fade out a song. Pruned
of some of the more excessive track lengths this album could
easily have been a five star winner. As it is I can recommend
it without reservations and have much hope that this young
band can continue to expand on their influences.
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