This album certainly uses electronics in abundance as we have two dedicated keyboard players but we also have two guitarists. Guitar is certainly the main feature on the opener 'Winding Road' where the most lovely acoustic guitar melody is played with feeling over tranquil pads. This is excellent stuff, with real style, getting the album off to a first rate start. Then we get onto the second track 'Free Flying Spirits' where electronics are much more to the fore with its driving rhythms, sequence and synth washes. As with the opener, guitar provides the lead as the plucked melody gently floats from the speakers. Simply gorgeous. I hope the band are just playing with us here as it would be a shame if this was their last album as they just get better all the time (this album being the highlight of their output thus far). Musically the track, for most of its duration, is rather sad but there is a slight uplifting of the mood within the last couple of minutes, so you never know. It is obvious that the album is telling a story, has some sort of concept behind it, but I suppose the interpretation is down to the listener. Above all though this is a wonderful melodic instrumental album, the genre in which it is placed really isn't important. It should have wide appeal.
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