UNUSUAL SOLO EFFORT FROM EX CRIMSO DRUMMER!
M. Harris | BRIGHTON, EAST SUSSEX United Kingdom | 01/08/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Well being a crimson afficianado and collecting all their stuff i was a bit dubious about this, but it really is rather good and it has Ian McDonald on sax/flute which is even better. Ian has a pretty decent voice and his drumming is spot on and his songs are top notch. It is VERY crimsonish paticularky on 'too much dogma' and 'castaway' (shame the intro didn't last longer) there is mellotron aplenty and it could well fit into 'islands' no problem. There is some Beatle-ish chorus's throughout and the band are tight and if the latter tracks are like Steely Dan with the funky bass lines so what! It does lose its way toward the end, but it is a good and unusual debut album. Actually if you pine for early Crimson or rate Pete Sinfeild's 'still' album you could do a lot worse than buy this!"