'Infinite Wisdom' is a progressive rock band that started to release albums in 2012 with long developments exceeding 15 minutes with first 'A Word To The Wise' in 2012, then 'Awakening The Senses' in 2014 , and 2020 sees the release of a new album 'The Blue Room' with 9 compositions which all have influences drawn from the last 50 years of rock in general with first of all in the great formations of the 70s and 80s and this in a way varied because we can refer to names like 'Pink Floyd', 'Genesis', 'Barclay James Harvest' or 'Uriah-Heep' but also more recent progressive rock bands like 'Arena' or 'Pendragon'.
With the two instrumental 'The Blue Room' that open and close the album, we are in full swing in a peaceful and relaxing 'Floydian' atmosphere then, with 'The Healer', the tone is close to a melodic hard rock of the 70s with keyboard sounds of this era, and 'Autopilot', after an introduction to the very 'Elton John' piano, takes us on melodic lines like 'ELO' (last album 'From Out Of Nowhere') with a melody that already seems to have been heard. The suite continues in compositions with harmonious lines with 'Beautiful Soul' which could be a mixture of 'BJH' and 'Pendragon', then, 'Heartland' is divided between catchy sections and others quieter and a final which is very 'Waterian', and with 'This is England', it's one of my favorites from the album, a remarkable composition of almost 8 minutes which brings us back to the start of the progressive. And it is with compositions as remarkable as the English of 'Infinite Wisdom' offer us for the end of the album : first of all, an energetic 'No Good Will Come Of This' with tones of' Deep Purple ', then, the centerpiece of this opus, 'Born to be King' which takes us on a progressive saga, with oriental intonations and which reminds me at certain places the epic side of 'Therion' in the most powerful parts but which alternates with other much more peaceful sections with always harmonious melodic lines, and finally, the second part of 'The Blue Room', very short (too short for my taste) which concludes this magnificent album in an atmospheric way.
In summary, as you will have understood, even if 'Infinite Wisdom' doesn't do buzz on the web, 'The Blue Room' is by all accounts a remarkable album which takes us for almost an hour in varied and melodic compositions, which makes this opus for a fairly large audience who like a progressive accessible at first listen referring to multiple influences in rock from the last fifty years... | |
