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""In-Between" is a very honourable album that delivers good moments of music but the spontaneity that had so marked their first two records is not as palpable."
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3/5
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Rarely has a band, like Alias Eye, been so acclaimed by the MW editorial staff (for its first two albums, "Field of Names" and "Different Point of You"), then aroused so much disappointment ("in Focus", released a little over four years ago). This means that this new production ("In-Between") is awaited with impatience and concern. Announced as a "Field of Names" with a heavier side, on which side will this opus be placed?
The opening title reassures: "Arabesque" reconnects with the melodic side and the precise arrangements of the group, the accuracy of Philip Griffiths' vocal placement blending happily with the chiselled melodies (pianist Vitas Lemke, one of the main composers, having left the group, the tracks are signed by the whole group). This opening, by delivering the best track of the album, is an excellent appetizer.
For the rest, the situation is unfortunately less exciting, even if Alias Eye avoids the mistakes of taste made during the previous album. "Take What's Mine" finds small tunes of Supertramp, "Time Machine" allows itself a big wink to "Clown's Tale", and "In-Between" is on the borders of jazz, a register in which Alias Eye has excelled and... That's all.
Clearly, the band is trying to return to the same recipes, but it is only partially successful. And this is where we talk about the guitar again: less distorted and more backward than in "In Focus", it still keeps aggressive inclinations that divert Alias Eye's music from its fragile balance: unnecessarily distorted on the introduction of "Break What We Know", willingly too demonstrative in its effects in the soli ('Time Machine','Distant Memories')... Matthias Wurm seems to favour virtuosity over feeling: he is close to shred in 'Indentured Pride' but lacks finesse on 'The Blink of an Eye' for example. However, it was not virtuosity that enthralled us in the first works, but sensitivity, and it seems that the group only partially manages to reach this state, despite a serious questioning.
Let's not deny our pleasure, "In-Between" is a very honourable album that delivers good moments of music. The magic still emerges on 'Arabesque' or 'Take What's Mine', but the spontaneity that had so marked their first two efforts is not as palpable. But perhaps we are too nostalgic.... - Official website
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TRACK LISTING:
01. Arabesque - 06:52
02. Break What We Know - 04:26
03. In-between - 04:19
04. Time Machine - 05:43
05. Indentured Pride - 03:55
06. Stars Shall Fall - 04:52
07. All The Rage - 03:12
08. Distant Memories - 04:30
09. Take Whats Mine - 04:32
10. The Blink Of An Eye - 05:00
LINEUP:
Frank Fischer: Basse
Ludwig Benedek: Batterie
Matthias Wurm: Guitares
Philip Griffiths: Chant
Timar Fischer: Chant / Claviers
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