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Theive's Kitchen... Maybe...

Patrick C. Neil | 12/21/2009

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Well' the jury is still out on this particular band. I like their

arrangements and the vocals aren't terrible. I like the fact that

they go for a more old school progressive rock sound than most

current prog rock bands (who all seem to want to be Dream Theater).



Nice changes. Interesting rhytymic variation. There are a lot of

elements here that I like a lot. Keys, bass and drums are quite

good. That's the upside.



The guitarist's fuzzed out guitar sound gets a little old after a

while. There is a enormous range of guitar sounds available. I'm

not sure why you'd pick one fuzzy indistinct sound and use it for

an entire album... Don't get me wrong, he's a good player, but any

finesse in his performance is masked by the choice of tone. The

sound just gets old after a while. May just be the guitarist in me

coming out.



I'd give a solid B or B- for this album. Theres a lot of potential

here. I'll definitely check out other offerings.

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