Michael Baryshnikov написал(а) к All в Oct 15 11:58:48 по местному времени:


Нello, All!

Залит BigBig_Train\(2015)_Wassail(EP)

В предверии English Electric Part 3 Большой Поезд выпустил 25-минутный (!) ЕР.
Все тот же бодрый кроссовер + прог-фолк. Достойное продолжение предыдущих альбомов, хотя и в музыкальном отношении прогресса особого не обнаружено. Энивей - надо слушать - 100%-но.
ВЕСЬМА РЕКОМЕНДУЮ!

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(c) Review by Matti, PA

The star of this 25-year old British, nowadays 8-piece band has grown brighter
in the Prog sky in recent years, but sadly I haven't yet listened to any of
their albums. Nevertheless this 4-track EP (25 minutes in length) is probably a
good introduction to the band's strengths. And one can spot them immediately: a full-blooded sound that leaves enough room for the acoustic folk touch also; powerful vocal harmonies; and tight, effective songs.

At least within this narrow sampling (three new songs unless the live-in-studio
recorded 'Master James of St. George' isn't new as well), each one has their
individual hooks. On the title track, about the Medieval tradition of banishing
the evil spirits away before cider-making, the folk flavour comes out
beautifully and the multi-vocal repetition of the word "wassail" is gorgeous
rather than irritating. Perhaps my favourite is the near-instrumental
'Mudlarks' that has a vintage prog spirit equivalent to e.g. STEVE НACKETT's classics. In fact the lush info sheet tells that their preceding EP features a version of Нackett's 'Spectral Mornings'.

I'm not necessarily a fan of the somewhat stuffy main vocals of David Longdon, and an EP is always just an EP, but an album's worth of as strong material as this would surely receive four stars from me. I really need to get a closer look at this band.
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Line-up / Musicians

- Andy Poole / bass, keyboards
- Greg Spawton / guitars, keyboards, bass
- David Longdon / vocals, flute, banjo, mandolin, organ, glockenspiel
- Dave Gregory / electric guitar
- Nick D'Virgilio / drums
- Danny Manners / double bass
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Инджой!

Rest begards...oh, sorry, best regards, Michael

... I wanna be your sledgehammer!
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