LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

1 - Beyond The End (4'51)2 - Left Behind (4'32)3 - Marburg Friends (7'57)4 - Common Goal (3'25)5 - Cairo (5'36)6 - Everyday Disguise (3'45)7 - Eleven Steps (1'33)8 - Madness (8'10)9 - My Black Cat (1'59)10 - Primitive You (4'19)11 - …I Am (4'43)

A new and very efficient band, even though its musicians are only little influenced by the music of YES, ("Relayer" is one of the most adventurous albums issued by Jon ANDERSON's band in the Seventies), RELAYER allies the refinement of beautiful piano parts with a passionate energy. Their influences come from Progressive rock (KANSAS or RUSH), and from neo Progressive (MARILLION or NOW), this blend of sophistication and energy also evoking a kind of DREAM THEATER whose vocals would be sung by the leader of YES... Following "A Grander Vision" (1994), "The Teething Fashion" (1996) shows a very accessible and melodical music with a perfect interpretation. As for the excellent "Last Man On Earth" issued in 1999, it has a somewhat tougher style, but still keeps the basic characteristics.