Last Giant only reached my radar recently after hearing this great full- length CD. Being from the pacific northwest myself, it is a breath of fresh air to hear rock and metal played with a strong prog feel. This isn’t more prog than not, but it does have some of the core values of prog to spice it up nicely on what is essentially a hard rock album. There are some sub-genre bells and whistles which also include a little grunge and a little glam. This band seems to have all those elements down, and they feature some excellent percussion work on all of them. As the saying goes, a band is nothing without a good drummer. But this goes both ways concerning the entire group. If they get wind of this review, I hope they follow this up and emerge on the Portland area as the premiere rockers they appear to be on Memory of the World.
This review is available in book format (hardcover and paperback) in Music Street Journal: 2017 Volume 4 at lulu.com/strangesound.