ARCANSIEL
Stillsearching
Released by
Contempo Records, produced by Arcansiel, Distribution:Musea
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ARCANSIEL - Stillsearching
The wonderful epic "I'm Still Searching" holds every aspect of prog
that pleases me : nice vocal harmonies, great musicianship of course,
subtle and light instrumental passages, very powerful keys, a touch
of fantasy with some pleasant sax which will lead to a jewel of a
song. Well, it is actually a piece of over than TWENTY minutes. And
extremely pleasant ones. It is a bit of a shame that this band does
not have more exposure on PA. Almost no review for none of their
album while "Arcansiel" truely deserves some attention. I tell you :
at the time of release, this album is far much better than any which
the Italian prog dinosaurs produced. Do not remain in doubt. Give it
a try. You won't be disappointed. There are of course some
Genesis-like moments ("Trespass", "Foxtrot" with "Supper's Ready"
flavour). But like in their first release there won't be any obvious
attempt to sound as Gabriel. The similarity will remain in the
musical parts. Not the great riff or solo ones. No, Arcansiel plays
in the division of the subtle and sweet ones. And I just believe it
is great. You'll have to listen to these good and gentle sax parts
here. Do it and tell what your feelings are. I am absolutely found
of the mood of this track. Beautiful music, I tell you. Even
brilliant.The remaining parts of this album are of course under the
shadow of this superb symphonic track. "Angel of March" is more on
the harder edge, fully neo-prog. The song is repetitive almost
during its whole lenght. Only the last two minutes will bring some
variety. Again, great sax part. Very pleasant song. The rock ballad
"Your Only Treasure" has a catchy melody and, again, the duo sax /
guitar is just great. But I guess that this is just what prog is all
about : provide EMOTIONS (I guess you already know that I am found
of these...). The closing number sounds pretty much like an ... IQ
song but you'll have to add again some great sax breaks to get the
full picture. I like this album very much and I will rate it with
four stars. It is definitely their best album and I strongly
recommend it to you. (www.progarchives.com
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