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░ ██ ██ Artist: Leap Day ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: From the Days of Deucalion, Chapter 2 █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2015 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2016-02-08 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Progressive Rock ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Oskar Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ While I do not quite agree with those reviewers █
█ willing to vault this album into the echelons of █
█ prog Valhalla, I do not think it a wasted listen. █
█ Melodies and good musicianship abound. Some of the █
█ "tricks" are familiar but still manage to feel █
█ fresh enough to be enjoyable without sounding too █
█ redundant (though there were a lot of times that I █
█ found myself thinking to myself, "This sounds so █
█ much like Unitopia"). Still, there is a lot of █
█ derivative and cliched musical gimmicks, the sound █
█ mixing is not great, the singer's pitch is █
█ suspect, and the individual songs' musical █
█ foundations are often quite simple. Also, I can't █
█ help but find it sad that "...nothing but a fart █
█ in a windstorm..." plays a significant role in the █
█ lyrics of the chorus of a song here (2. "Amathia" █
█ [Homo Ignoramus]" [4:50]). The lyricist is █
█ obviously mad at the stupidity of humans--whose █
█ choices have propelled its species onto a course █
█ of extermination. Usually I love messages like █
█ this. But this one is served up in a bit too much █
█ syrup and cake. █
█ █
█ Best songs: the instrumental 3. "Taurus █
█ Appearance" (7:28) (9/10) and 4. "Phaeton" (7:30) █
█ (8/10) █
█ █
█ Overall, this is a competent if inconsistent █
█ representation of Neo Prog. Not nearly up to the █
█ impact of 2015 releases from bands like SYLVAN, █
█ MYSTERY, FETISH, PERFECT BEINGS, or even, BAROCK █
█ PROJECT or COMEDY OF ERRORS, but decent. █
█ █
█ --- █
█ █
█ Hailing from Holland, LEAP DAY was formed some 8 █
█ years ago, consisting of veterans from the Dutch █
█ progressive rock scene. They have consistently █
█ released a new album every other year since their █
█ debut album "Awaking the Muse" appeared in 2009. █
█ Their fourth and most recent album is "From the █
█ Days of Deucalion Chapter 2", released by the █
█ Polish label Oskar Records in 2015. █
█ Leap Day presents us with a tasteful album of █
█ neo-progressive rock with the second chapter of █
█ their Deucalion album series. The album isn't one █
█ that will provide you with too many unexpected █
█ developments, but for those with a taste for late █
█ '80s and early '90s neo-progressive rock this CD █
█ should come a cross as a quality specimen of this █
█ specific orientation, and I'd suggest fans of the █
█ Fish-era Marillion to be something of a key █
█ audience for this album. █
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░ 1. Pseudo Science 3:00 ░
░ 2. Amathia (Homo Ignoramus) 4:50 ░
░ 3. Taurus Appearance 7:28 ░
░ 4. Phaeton 7:29 ░
░ 5. Ya-Who 8:45 ░
░ 6. God of Wars 7:06 ░
░ 7. Deucalion 10:53 ░
░ 8. In the Shadow of Death 9:19 ░
░ 9. Ancient Times (Reprise) 5:05 ░
░ 63:55 ░
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