I have to
admit that this is a little late.
‘Welcome to
my DNA’ album has been released one year ago, but I didn’t have the blog then.
So now that I can, I will write a review about this album and I hope it is not
too late…
For those who knows Steve Wilson, knows very
well how good musician/composer and perfectionist he is. And if you know all
these, surely this album came as a surprise.
(For those
who don’t know Steve Wilson, I should say that he is the man behind Porcupine
Tree, and Blackfield is a side project he has together with Aviv Geffen).
The first 2 albums from Blackfield are very
good works in my opinion. More Pop orientated, but including very nice songs,
beautiful melodies, and there are differences in style and sound than Porcupine
Tree.
But this 3rd
album, I don’t know. It is not a bad album, but it is not a good one either.
The sound
has changed, and the style now is more mellow/emotional and for sure darker.
One thing I
learned later on, is that Steve Wilson actually wrote only one song here, and
he is participating in 3-4 more. All the rest are Aviv Geffen’s works. And that
explains many things.
Later on I read that Steven Wilson is slowly slowly
retiring from Blackfield, leaving the band to Aviv Geffen, because he is going
to focus on Porcupine Tree and his solo career.
(As far as I
know, Blackfield will release their 4th album soon, and Steven Wilson is making
the mixing and production. He will also sing in a couple of songs and that’s
all!)
Welcome to
my DNA has some nice moments, but I surely don’t recommend it to Porcupine Tree
fans. Is not a bad album, but there is something missing...
And if I had
to give a rating, that would be 4/10…
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