House of The Mind (Comedy of Errors, 2017))

This band was already responsabile of some excellent neo-prog music (and you can find a few posts about them in this blog), but their 2017 album has a somewhat richer taste. This title song is an enjoyable and unpredictable collection of moods,  some old and some new, some rough and some elegant.

 

"House of The Mind" was the band's fourth studio album.

 

There's a great guitar work, both rythm anGrazie d solo ones and, of course, a good choice of atmospheric keyboards. Last but not least, the melodies are all very well found and the arrangements are all effective. And as I also like the dynamic tempo changes, I can only recommend this track to you all.     

In The Dark (Matthew Parmenter, 2008)

Matthew Parmenter of Discipline fame (see elsewhere in this blog) is a very interesting musician and composer, during both his band member and solo careers. This song, taken from the album "Horror Express", is strongly influenced by Hammill and VDGG moods, and is a highly dramatic one, matching irregular melodies and dark lyrics. Sad and hypnotic passages, based on obsessive piano and percussion paces, deeply dig into the singer's and the listener's souls, with no concessions to easy tunes nor predictable developments.

No doubt this is a disquieting cover art. Well, the music inside too.

Each note here has its own part of sorrow, still the whole composition is such a beautiful emotional clockwork that it mixes sad thoughts and majestic beauty. That's why "In The Dark" isn't a mere musical trip, but an inner experience I highly recommend to you all. And if you happen to share my opinion, don't hesitate and go on discovering other songs by Mr. Parmenter. Something tells me you won't be disappointed.