Progressive rock
Latest release: Case a Chocs 2014 (2024). Live album.
They are still promising to release their third "old school prog" album sometime soon.
Darker (2014)
Dawn are a band from Switzerland who have two albums and an EP to their credit. Darker is their last full length released well over nine years ago. On Darker their music intersects retro, neo, and modern styles of prog rock. The good news - for me at least - is those designations are on a sliding scale with retro being by far the largest representative. Neo is also welcome here and they do add some of that punchiness that I enjoy from the genre. I'm not so keen on the modern branch of progressive rock, which to me sounds more like Pink Floyd styled Art Rock and misses the dynamism and edginess the classics brought forth. Elements of Genesis, Yes, late era Porcupine Tree, and Pendragon are on display here. One reviewer said it reminded them of The Flower Kings. I think it's much more vintage than that, but I can understand why someone would make the comparison. There's a lot of music to absorb on Darker and this revisit resulted in a +1. Earned its shelf space.
---10/31/23
Other albums heard: Loneliness (2007)
10/31/23 (new entry)
No comments:
Post a Comment