Art Rock Show – The Absolute Universe – Forevermore (Extended Version) (Week 8)
Het is alweer zeven jaar geleden dat Transatlantic, de multinationale progressieve rockband, een nieuw album uitbracht. Het zijn nu eenmaal drukke én productieve muzikanten die hun handen vol hadden met hun eigen bands en projecten.
George Simpson van All About The Rock: “Musically, it’s an album that wears its influences on it’s sleeve. The likes of Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd and The Beatles stamp their feet all over it. In doing so, they’ve created something in greatest traditions of those bands rather than sounding like Dream Theater or Marillion, or any of their day job bands.
Things open with Overture, a triumphant instrumental that establishes the albums’ tone from the off. From there the rest of the album is presented as one long piece of music, broken up into chapters with the different songs.… Read more...