I learned about Drifting Sun almost 1.5 years ago,
with the release of the album Trip the
Life Fantastic. Upon the release of that album, I wrote a small review, which you can read here is you want:
Furthermore, we had Pat Sanders - the mastermind and
leader of Drifting Sun – as our guest in Prog & Roll back then, together
with Dan Storey (guitar/bass), and we did a small presentation of the album.
Just a couple
of weeks ago, Drifting Sun released their new album named Safe Asylum.
The procedure I will follow will be almost the same
with their previous album; so here I am, writing a small “review” again, and
furthermore on next Sunday the 5th of June, we will have Pat Sanders
as our guest in Prog & Roll once more.
Now let’s
take a closer look at the album:
Safe Alylum has a fantastic cover, made by A Russian
artist as Pat told us, but I don’t remember the name to be honest. But in
comparison with “Trip” this is better by far! As for the music, it is clear to
me that the band tried to create something different this time, in comparison with their previous album. ‘Trip the
Life Fantastic’ was a lighter and more melodic album, with Pat’s piano being
the leading instrument in most occasions. It was including shorter compositions
and more “catchy” melodies. Safe Asylum is darker, with longer and more complex
compositions. Because of that, it needs a few more listening in order to
appreciate it. With every listening the album “grows” in you, and then it is
very hard to leave it aside. There are some similarities with the previous
album of course, like for example the beautiful melodic passages and the strong guitar
riffs and solos.
Safe Asylum
includes 8 tracks (plus 2 bonus in the limited edition). 3 of them were included
in last year’s EP release, under the name ‘Alice’. These 3 songs are: Alice,
Vagabond and Emphasis.
I am not
going to get into details and write about each song separately, but I will
mention my most favourite songs, which are the following: The Hidden Truth,
Intruder, Desolation-Retribution, Wonderland and Gods. The latter is the
highlight of the album. (In my opinion, of course).
Although Safe
Asylum is a rather different album in comparison with ‘Trip’, it is equally good
if not better. Definitely a very serious piece of work that deserves your
attention!
Recommended
to the fans of modern Progressive Rock, Neo-Prog and to all those who can
appreciate a well-structured album, with beautiful melodies and strong emotions
in it.
My Rating
would be 4.0 out of 5.0 stars.
By clicking on the following links you will be able to listen to a couple of songs from the album.
Enjoy! :-)
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