*NEW* DPRP Review

[Mickdoo22]

Found here:

http://www.dprp.net/reviews/200854.php

[kyuwert]

Is it just me or do both reviewers think the solo in Falling Down is actually JM? Also the second review mentioned a JM solo "near the end of Dear Dead Days"... nice foolin' em, Jem  :lol:

[LivingForever]

Wonderland is very much in keeping with the style found on Milliontown. Following a typically dramatic (and rather mournful) orchestral intro, it skilfully builds from a simple piano ballad to a thumping, heavy approximation of that familiar tricksy section from Genesis' Apocalypse in 9/8 (from Supper's Ready) (clearly a Mitchell favourite... see my It Bites review!)

I don't even know where to start with what's wrong about this part of the review.

Elsewhere, the reveiwers succumb to every "prog hobbit" cliche under the sun -Wonderland is 15 minutes long therefore you'd think it was great but you'll be disappointed, Saline is a "Ballad", Toys, Pocket Sun and others are "a bit too pop for my liking", most of the tracks are too short therefore not valid enough

Gah!  :roll: I guess I shouldn't be surprised that a tribute album to the Lamb Lies Down on Broadway scores higher.

[Geddy Lee]

I am beginning to wonder if it's just me, or does everyone else think that everyone at DPRP are a bunch of WA***RS?

Just wondering thats all........

[Dave M]

WARS ?   :lol:

As Jem predicted, this album is challenging their preconceptions of what a prog rock album is .. the Hobbit Botherers wont like it, but music fans will see past their preconceptions and give it a fair listen and hopefully enjoy it for what it is .. bloody great music.

There's a reason Jem called it Experiments in Mass Appeal ... it's most definitely not a regurgitated early Genesis / Yes tribute album.

[Dave M]

These are funny reviews, I love these bits ...

"focusing more on the sort of insidious pop hooks which has no doubt made Godfrey a few pounds in his day job" ... there's more than a little jealousy in that statement .. I find the attitude of pop is bad and prog is good hilarious.

Then there's ... "the apparent dominance of Godfrey's keyboards and dance beats " .. I'd love to know what club he goes to for a dance  :lol:

Funny reviews that say more about their prejudice towards pop and Jem than they do about the album.

They both liked it though ... begrudgingly at the end .. it's those insidious, darned infectious, cunningly written pop hooks that just wont leave their hobbit infested heads .. there's hope for them yet !

I hope Jem is laughing, I suspect these are the reactions he was expecting.

[gareth]

Wow, what is with this Feakes guy constantly pointing out his own puns? I read 3 of his reviews before I had to close the browser to stop myself laughing so hard :roll:

He needs to read this.

[gr8gonzo]

WARS ?   :lol:

As Jem predicted, this album is challenging their preconceptions of what a prog rock album is .. the Hobbit Botherers wont like it, but music fans will see past their preconceptions and give it a fair listen and hopefully enjoy it for what it is .. bloody great music.

There's a reason Jem called it Experiments in Mass Appeal ... it's most definitely not a regurgitated early Genesis / Yes tribute album.

He addresses this topic in that phone interview.  Who says prog has to sound like it has for the last 30 years?  If people really can't get their heads around that we may be forced to declare Frost* a genre unto itself.  And I rather like that genre, whatever the hell it is.  :mrgreen:

[Gandalf1986]

He addresses this topic in that phone interview.  Who says prog has to sound like it has for the last 30 years?  If people really can't get their heads around that we may be forced to declare Frost* a genre unto itself.  And I rather like that genre, whatever the hell it is.  :mrgreen:

I call it supernewprogalicious! :mrgreen:

[tomskerous]

I particularly liked

I have a sneaking feeling that Godfrey is purposely distancing himself from the formulaic pop sound he's previously supplied for acts like Atomic Kitten, Gareth Gates and Blue.

Because, like, all those artists sounded the same. I mean, pop is all formulaic isn't it, not a hunt for the next think nobody's heard, the next hook or texture that will surprise and ensnare. Unlike prog of course WHICH HASN'T MOVED ON SINCE 1976!

[James_S]

I'm reminded of the great hobbit outcry of 1983.  Yes' "90125" certainly rattled a few cages.

Its a shame it didn't rattle them a bit more - that album was a total breath of fresh air

[LivingForever]

There's nothing wrong with retro prog if that's what you're in the mood for, but failing to enjoy anything else is pretty sad if you ask me.

Not that the reviewers actually slated it as such but there was a lot of 'damning with faint praise'.

[Lerxst]

I am beginning to wonder if it's just me, or does everyone else think that everyone at DPRP are a bunch of WA***RS?

Just wondering thats all........

Umm....yes  :mrgreen:

[johninblack]

I have to wonder if it's possible for a reviewer to review the album in front of them without reviewing or mentioning "the day job"

[LivingForever]

If anything, it's influences from 'The Day Job' that make me enjoy Frost* more than other bands of a supposedly similar genre. Where else would you hear the type of ProTools trickery that you get in Black Light Machine or the 'everything under the sun in 3 minutes 30' of 'Toys'?