review by: Roberto Martinelli

A few moments into Eyestrings’s second release are enough to recognize the potential: The pained, illusive vocal lines and the draggy atmosphere stretch the gestures of The Bends - OK Computer era Radiohead into epic proportions, blurring the limits between alternative rock and progressive rock, and serving it with hard rocking distortions.

It works for a while too, as the songs offer a constant, even if mild, evolution with enough occurrences to shade the band’s guitar and keyboard driven rock as well as both instrumental and lyrical hooks to swallow you inside. The material is far from average, with tender percussion, jazzy flavors and a tamed approach, which helps the band to rise above some of its arrogant contemporaries and hide the technical imperfections.

However the album loses some of its grip on certain parts, such as the King Crimson ripped section of "Code of Tripe" (simply because King Crimson builds on the momentum of its fired up infernos much better) and the occasionally exhausting twenty-minute, Genesis inspired "Lifelines," on which the album’s slightly flat production traps the dynamics. (6.5/10)