Oktober "Sandcastles"

Country: UK, Hungary
Genre(s): Progessive Rock
Format: CD
Release date: July 2015
Tracklist: 

1. Other People’s Parties
2. Don’t Stop
3. Dust and Rain
4. Lost and Found
5. Sleepers Awake
6. Sandcastles

Line-up: 
Gary Bennett (Yak) - basses, guitars, keyboards
David Speight (Yak) - drums, percussion
Molnár Kinga (Yesterdays) - vocals
  With
Mick Graves - fiddle
Fez Powell - bodhran

Description/Reviews: 

This isn’t really prog but it certainly has sonic links with prog. At just under 32 minutes and containing six songs it could have come from the early progressivo Italiano stable where a band’s recorded output was often notoriously brief. I’m struggling to pigeonhole the music but I shouldn’t really try because it’s best to let the music speak for itself; labels are only marketing tools, after all. Lyrically, the content is reflective and descriptive, taking in supernatural phenomenon and myriad aspects of the natural world. Throughout, Kinga’s voice is clear and strong and is reminiscent of Annie Haslam from Renaissance or, perhaps closer still, Amy Darby from Thieves’ Kitchen. Another comparison with Renaissance would be shared natural imagery as Betty Thatcher’s words included word pictures of icy pools and curling leaves; I’d go as far as suggesting that Bennett’s lyrics stray into classic Yes territory with his use of ‘green language’.

 Read the full review at progblog.co.uk

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