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(Pendragon) "Pure"- (Erik's Review)

Reviewed by:

Erik Neuteboom

www.progwalhalla.com

Genre: Prog
Country: UK
Length: 53:10
Release Date: 10/1/08
Band Members: Nick Barrett / vocals, guitars, keyboard programming Peter Gee / bass guitar
  Clive Nolan / keyboards, backing vocals Scott Higham / drums, backing vocals
 
   
Track Listing: 1.)- Indigo (13:44)  
  2.)-Eraserhead (9:05)  
  3.)-Comatose (I View From The Seashore) (7:41)  
  4.)- Comatose (II Space Cadet) (4:02)  
  5.)-Comatose (III Home and Dry) (5:55)  
  6.)-The Freak Show (4:26)  
  7.)-It's Only Me (8:16)  
     
 

In the early Eighties Marillion re-animed the progrock scene with their EP Market Square Heroes/Grendel (1982) and their first LP A Script For A Jester’s Tear (1983). I was delighted and soon after we could buy albums by IQ, Twelfth Night and ... Pendragon. In 1984 I bought Pendragon their maxi-single Flying High, Fall Far, one year later their first LP entitled The Jewel and the band even turned out to be the support-act for neo-prog giant Marillion on their Misplaced Childhood tour, I still caress the pictures I made during that double-progrock-bill! And now, almost 25 years later, Pendragon has released their 8th studio-album, does it sound as fresh and adventurous as their previous effort Believe? - Well, during the first composition Indigo (more than 13 minutes) I got excited about the slow rhythms with bombastic atmospheres (the Pendragon trademark) and the excellent guitarwork: first rock and roll riffs, then fiery and howling runs, twanging acoustic guitar and in the end a strongly build-up, very compelling guitarsolo, accompanied by lush keyboards, this is Pendragon in its full splendor! In the next five songs I notice that Pendragon delivers both typical Pendragon songs as very surprising tracks like "Comatose - I View From The Seashore" – (featuring prog metal guitar riffs and flute-Mellotron), The Freak Show (first and final part sounds like Immigrant song by Led Zeppelin) and the final song It's Only Me with mouth-organ, cello and again Mellotron in the wonderful grand finale delivering a nother compelling guitar solo, goose bumps! -

On this new album I notice very powerful drumming by new member Scott Hingham, special attention for the recording with lots of sound effects and a blend of typical Pendragon and a more experimental Pendragon. After all those years this band is still alive and neo-progging!

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