I discovered 'Lion Sheppherd' with their 2nd album (see here) and 2019 sees the release of a new album that simply bears the name of 'III'. In the line of 'Heat', they embark us again for a journey in their progressive universe made of a patchwork of influences that we must gently tame listening after listening : 'Uninvited' starts the album with ethnic singings and unfolds an atmospheric mood that begins quietly and that grows and strength on the end of the title then falls back to finish with some piano notes. With 'Good Old Days', it's a slow but powerful track that brings back psychedelic influences of the' 60s / 70s and 'What Went Wrong', in an aerian ambiance, reminds me of some rhythmic sections and melodic lines of 'Sting' (once again, listening to the singing of 'Kamil', I have the feeling to hear the English) and 'Vulnerable' continues in this calm and serene atmosphere with a hardening close to progressive metal on the 2nd part of the title, fully instrumental. Follow 'World on Fire' which mixes oriental and electronic sounds and offers alternating between calm and powerful parts, then change of scenery with 'Fallen Tree' which is a semi acoustic title with a throbbing rhythm and a beautiful vocal performance of Kamil. The end of the album offers us a surprising 'Toxic' with an alternation between a latino rhythm and a psychedelic tempo with a very 'Floydian' final solo, then, 'The Kids Are Not All Right' brings us back to rock influences of seventies with an introduction highlighting the strings of the Atom String Quartet 'and finally, the melancholic' Nobody 'and the ballad' May You All Live in Fascinating Times' and its changes of intensity close the album in a very beautiful way . In short, the Poles of 'Lion Shepherd' continue in the way they began to trace with their previous recordings, combining progressive rock, atmospheric and traditional sounds, mixing acoustic and electric and 'III' is an album of quality that reveals itself, little by little, listening after listening... | |
