'The Tirith' is an English band that has a long history since they were already active in 1970 without having released any album and they reformed in 2010 with a first album in 2015 'Tales from the Tower' with compositions written more than 40 years ago that smelled of progressive rock of that time but with modern sounds and arrangements. 'A Leap into the Dark' is therefore their 2nd studio album and from the first title which is actually two compositions merged, the band offers us two facets of progressive styles, the powerful one with 'A Leap into the Dark' which can to think of the 'Threshold' (see their latest album here) and the other more conventional with a progressive rock inherited from the 70s, 'The Autumn Of Our Days'. But the sequel is more like this second part : with 'Malaya', the atmospheric introduction gives way to an acoustic part and the tone hardens for a new section where the electric instruments are more present and 'The Sphinx' continue in this progressive atmosphere that leaves a good place for instrumental parts with the first section sung at 2mn30, then 'No More' offers a beautiful mid-tempo with a memorable chorus and tends to a much lighter style. Follows 'And The Wind Will Come' whose tempo is reminiscent of some tracks of 'Jethro Tull', 'Song For The Forgotten One' is a beautiful semi acoustic ballad, then, 'The Scare' moves away from progressive style for a title which makes us swing to the rhythm of the music, and as for 'The Exile', we continue in a soft style with a beautiful guitar solo last almost 3 minutes. 'The Nosalgia Sequence' is aptly named because we are embarked on a nostalgic 10-minute composition that starts on the piano with a romantic melodic line and which, after a sung first part, is repeated on the electric guitar, to return to a second part of the title to the theme played on the piano that gives way to a psychedelic end of the title in the manner of parts 6 to 9 of 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' of the 'Floyds', the album ending not a very beautiful acoustic cover of 'The Autumn Of Our Days'. In summary, this new album of the English of 'The Tirith' makes us travel in a progressive rock that brings us back a few dozen years back and 'A Leap into the Dark' should please to an audience loving progressive style with beautiful melodic lines... | |
