Search - Pig Farm on the Moon :: Orbital

Stunning Album

P. Schumacher | atlanta, GA United States | 02/27/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It took me a while to assimilate all the many styles on this album.



But I'm glad I did.



Now I can't stop playing it.



It combines symphonic progressive, dashes of heavy metal, acoustic folk, and all kinds of things.



The songs are long--everything is over 8 minutes, and Queen Maibe is 20 minutes or so.



The composition and playing are wonderful.



The vocals are not quite as good, but OK. (The lead male singer sounds like Joe Walsh. He often has overmuch tremolo. But this is not terrible.)



The variety, the wonderful melodicism, the confidence, the exuberance are terrific.



Pig Farm reminds me of another superb Venezuelan prog band, Tempano.



Brilliant stuff."