White Raven
The First Breath

🇵🇱, 2015.
And have a look at the complete first review on PA about this instr. release by WR, despite their personal and referential adv behavior there. This is quite a brilliant (one-shot?) debut and a one-man Vangelisish, (kinda : the inspiration mostly applies to #1 The First Breath, but #2 Second sounds like a Luc Henrion stuff. As does #14. Last But Not Wasted Breath:The First Breath - Finale. #8 Eclipse agreely evokes a Rick Wakeman feeling too), project album indeed.
Each track sounds like, and is, an amazing and exciting modern trip, no matter their duration, no matter the duration of the whole mesmerizing journey actually. Magnificence pleases you more with each track. It's full of loving beautiness this country perfectly knows how to conceive by art.

The Watch
Tracks from the Alps

🇮🇹, 2014.
Most of us feel happy that Genesis (the true one) turns out to be one of the main references in prog rock from now and then, not to say the one and only. The Watch comes from most of the main proliferous prog rock countries, not to say the one and only. Now, there are other (italian) bands that covers AND composes G songs, with G sounds and vocal, and The Watch must be the most famous classic bands of the genre. The alps is a mountain mass between France and Italy. We can't say this is the best album of theirs, Ghost being a magnificent release for instance. But The Watch magic still blows from an album to another. This is just another gem to add in their list. Here, a bass player replacement was done, no drastical change, PA reviewer talks about some subtle one. But the man does the job with an as good progressive rock level as the band itself. This is a short album, with no long track, and nothing to throw just like any (true) G album actually. For (true) G die hard fans and (/thus) for any progressive music die hard fan. For (real) contemporary rock music fan.

The Pineapple Thief
Tightly Unwound

🇬🇧, 2008,
and the band release another album. 2013, and they do the same as they did for the PA-blamed album, i.e. adding another big part full of great tracks, such as #14 February 13th. Moreover this time, PA noticed it lol. We finally can feel some weakness in some tracks, e.g. as in the very first one. But they keep singing sweet and sour, and it's always great to hear some Pineapple thief material, even here, with an album including 2 nice long tracks. Steve Kitch mellotron sound proves interesting in the eponym song, followed by a somewhat spanish guitaresque folk guitar song.

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