Art Rock Show – Anubis – The Unforgivable (Week 51 & 52)

Anubis is een zeskoppige band afkomstig uit Australië die aangenaam in het oor liggende neo-prog muziek maakt. Vaak zijn dit songs die tien minuten en langer duren. De band heeft tot nu toe 7 studioplaten uitgebracht en 3 live-albums.

The Progressive Aspect (TPA) review: “I’m delighted to report that The Unforgivable still gives that neo-prog kick that fans will be used to, albeit in a more streamlined form. The album features ten shorter tracks that make up its 46-minute runtime. The downside is that this leads to fewer standout tracks and definitely nothing to compare with The Holy Innocent, but the upside is that the whole album becomes an epic itself; there are no gaps between the songs so one could treat this as a long suite of music. It certainly feels like it.

Like so many prog albums before it, this album is cyclical, featuring a radio broadcast about tornados at the end of the final track that can be heard again at the start. The introductory track also features a soft musical theme from that last part and the cyclical nature of the album (coupled with many media players’ default setting to play albums on a loop) makes for addictive listening. The 46 minutes seem to fly by and by the time the album ends, I’m ready to listen all over again.(…)

Although it took a few attempts for this album to get its hooks into me, it has become a fast grower. Along with the album’s cyclical nature, I’d also like to praise its brevity; it may not allow for the band to have any extended solos or compositions, but it will definitely leave the audience wanting more rather than less. Anubis should be very proud of this continuous suite that has very few weak spots. That being said, The Unforgivable does not quite recapture the glory days of A Tower of Silence, even if it is a more consistent album overall.”

Naast Anubis (The Unforgivable), Subsignal (A Poetry of Rain), Lonely Robot (A Model Life), Glass Hammer (Culture of Ascent), Pallas (Wearewhoweare) & (Rising Signs From the Shadows).

• Thursday/Donderdag 12.00 – 24.00
• Friday/Vrijdag 12.00 – 24.00
• Saturday/Zaterdag 12.00 – 24.00