United Kingdom
Folk Rock, Progressive Folk, Progressive Rock
Men who sing to their loved ones about not seeing them (him?) in the next few days, weeks, months because they will be on a bereavement tour in Finland, Marseille or Shanghai, which is also in various foreign tongues suspect for me anyway. If the whole thing is then also accompanied by acoustic guitar and "flute", which is what happened on "Transworld Blues", it becomes dangerous in my opinion and I slowly begin to mentally flee. But it's not absolutely necessary, I find out with "The Spider To The Spy". It's also very funny. "Baby, Take Your Rags Off" also has a pleasant lush feeling. Almost good, if it hadn't been for the annoying piano dribbling in the background. Also on "Cross Continental..." the flute plays again... and this time it's really good. Yes, you weirdo, that really works!!! The chords and all the rest just have to fit. And that's the case with this song without exception. The acoustic bass part, in which you think you can hear the strings snipping on the cornea of your fingertips, is also great despite its structural simplicity. Fine! An 11:14 long good piece of music. "Snakes In A Hole" brings you back down to earth. Quite a nice fizz, what is offered there. With "The Time I've Wasted" it becomes clear that in the end "only" progressive folk is offered here, maybe with a dash of psy ("Sector Five Nine"), but in the end everything probably became one way or another played once. The fact that this impression arises is not least due to the always the same (and at some point annoying) instrumentation. The nice vibraphone intro on "William Taplin" doesn't change anything about that. No, not even the engraved double bass. Well, maybe marginally.
Members
Eden Abba (double-bass), Brian Cresswell (saxophone, flute), Gordon Giltrap (guitar, vocals), Ian Hoyle (drums), Don Partridge (guitar, vocals, vibraphone), Malcolm Poole (double-bass)
Track Listing
01 - Transworld Blues
02 - The Spider to the Spy
03 - Baby, Take Your Rags Off
04 - Cross Continental Pandemonium Theatre Company
05 - Snakes in a Hole
06 - The Time I've Wasted
07 - Sector Five Nine
08 - If Only I'd Known
09 - William Taplin
10 - Long Way to Go
