 Skyron Orchestra
 Situations
 Review by Gary Hill

Well, to anyone who says that these guys don't belong in the progressive rock section, part of me agrees. I'm pretty evenly divided on where to put this one, but in the end I chose the prog side for a couple reasons. The first is that Transubstans, the label that issued this release, releases a lot of prog, probably more than they do of any other genre. Secondly, this group's retro sort of sound has a lot in common with bands like Iron Butterfly and Vanilla Fudge who (depending on who you ask) were either the earliest progressive rock or at least severely influenced prog. So that said, what can you expect to find here? Well, as already mentioned this has a lot more in common with the music of the late 1960's than it does with modern sounds. The vocals remind me a lot of Bjork, though. There are heavy amounts of retro keyboard sounds. In addition to the aforementioned bands I also here at various points King Crimson, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Black Sabbath and others. Fans of psychedelia should really enjoy this, but those who enjoy the really old school of prog should also find something here to latch onto.
This review is available in book format (hardcover and paperback) in Music Street Journal: 2006 Volume 3 at lulu.com/strangesound.
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