|
Two mysterious blue eyes are looking back at you from the album
cover artwork of House of Usher's self-financed debut CD. Artist
Scott Fray makes the great cover artwork. It's hard to compare
House of Usher to any other band. They are blending symphonic
neo-progressive rock with influences from classical, fusion, jazz
and world music, often with many time changes. Their music is a
mix between Camel, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Genesis, Gentle Giant,
King Crimson, Marillion, Pendragon, Pink Floyd and Yes but with a
sound of the '90's. The whole band is showing great musicianship,
with the keyboard player Richard Kaczynski as the best.
The highlights are "Don't Remind Me", the acoustic "Timneh",
"Obsession" and the closing "C'est Pas Finit" which is the best
song on this album.
The only negative thing is that the mixing of the album could've
been better and more dynamic. But as this is a self-financed and
self-produced release you shouldn't expect too much. All in all
it's a very good album.
|