This is a newly discovered band for me, so I only got this one album at the time but that should not last for long.
Everon plays a unique form of Progressive Heavy Rock, successfully mixing deep and heavy stuff with softer and very melodic rock elements, the progressiveness comes into the picture through ingenious structures and technical abilities. One thing is for sure; this disc never gets predictable or boring.
Across The Land offers an easily accessible chorus line wrapped into a more complex surrounding organisation of thrilling passages, now this is music that grasps you.
Juliet has developed into one of my favourite songs of the year; the emotional and very striking intro gets broken in the most fascinating way by an amazing bombastic refrain. The song takes a darker detour in the ending part of the creation, added great dramatic keys.
Travelling Shoes is a short acoustic guitar/key/vocal composition that has a cool relaxing mood to it, a good song that fits in well.
With
Driven we get one hell of a breaking riff and again the word balance is of high importance, this one has some great calm acoustic guitar layered verses and a tight and heavy chorus part that nevertheless becomes a bit repeated at the end, anyway the bass lay down some deep and mean chords in this one
If You Were Still Mine is a brilliant ballad with melodic piano arrangements and Oliver's catchy voice fitting in so amazingly well. There is slight
Savatage feel to this one and the details are plenty, complex and yet so simple.
The duality between soft and heavy is captured with immense talent and great song writing skill in
Ten Years Late, harmony and aggression mixed with solidity and innovativeness.
The vivid solo, powerful drums and symphonic background are highlights in yet another great song.
The instrumental
Puppet Show is a pretty weird mix-up of a lot of breaks, solos, atmospheres and drum fills, and in some strange way it all makes fairly much sense.
Carousel has a cool laid back groovy feel to it, packed with tight heavy riffs and technical drums.
The songs structure is quite loose but that's also its charm, it ends rather oddly but a very interesting song.
Bridge starts off with a thrilling guitar solo accompanied by a soft piano and then the song in gloomy fashion unfolds into a progressive and profound journey. There is no binding chorus line in this one; it just flows along in its own mystic and captivating manner.
As in every review I do the production must also have a mention and I must say that this is a professional and thorough job well done, the sound is very transparent and with a fitting bright vibe.
One thing that comes to mind after extensive listening is just how many layers and details the songs have, it may take you some spins and high concentration to dig them all out, but let me tell you that it's highly awarded in the end. And then it's only a plus that all band members perform their instruments with fantastic skill without falling into the temptation of overdoing it.
Another aspect that seems to run like a thin line through the album is the shift in moods, even within the songs themselves, the contrast between light and dark is weighed with a certain smart precision.
That aspect is also reflected through the extremely well written lyrics that are very relatable and brings some very personal and deep felt issues with them. Themes ranging from love gone bad, over child abuse to personal quests and the important message of enjoying life while we got it. Quite a lot of these lyrical passages made me go, hmm that's very clever thinking.
It's quite hard to come up with any critique of this piece of art, not all songs are just as memorable or exciting but a very high standard is upheld, anyway I think some of these tracks would have benefited by even more playing time and additional passages.
Bridge offers intelligent, memorable and very diverse music that stays with you for a long time; this is surely a band with massive talent.
Killer songs:
Juliet,
If You Were Still Mine,
Across The Land and
Bridge.
Written by
Tommy Tuesday, August 3, 2004
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