MadLupine

A few interesting ideas spread throughout the project but nothing really comes together. A lot of the songs feel disjointed, as if an idea was dropped for another in the middle of a song ('Hoping Love Will Last' for example). The lack of guitar is also a huge letdown.

Narnia - 75
Carry On Up The Vicarage - 60
Racing in A - 70
Kim - 65
How Can I? - 62
Hoping Love Will Last - 55
Land Of A Thousand Autumns - 55
Please Don't Touch - 67
The Voice ... read more

Six of the songs don't feel finished, rather more akin to a mish mash of ideas that are haphazardly thrown together. 'Panic Attack' is the only track that feels like it was given the focus and care the band could muster; it's a fantastic listen, best of the album.

The title track feels like the odd one out, the classic prog rock inspiration is so obvious that the track sticks out from the rest. I did enjoy it overall but while there are flashes of competency, the band ... read more

Competent but cribs way too much from their contemporaries. It's a shame because the band shines when they are being themselves.

One of my favorite albums from my teenage years. My reactions revisiting this are more tempered than expected. I feel that the major weak point in this album is a lot of the deeper cuts come across as distant and cold in the lyrics. There needed to be more humanizing moments like the fear of progress in 'The Boy in the Bubble' or the heartbreaking vulnerable moment in the second verse of 'Graceland' that cut through the sarcasm and snark.

That being said, the music is ... read more