In which Tim Bowness of No Man fame and Giancarlo Erra from Italy’s Nosound get together to blend the former’s breathy dreamy vocals to the latter’s laid back spacey soundscapes and guitar playing, all ably aided and abetted by the multifarious talents of Robert Fripp, Colin Edwin, Steven Wilson (mainly production duties), Peter Hammill, Julianne Regan and others. With a cast like that it is difficult to see how this could fail, and it doesn’t let you down!
Starting off sounding like a more full on No Man album, no bad thing, the sound fills out as we move from song to song...
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After phenomenal, ELP-ish, self-titled album (“Combination Head”) and very solid “Progress?”, Paul Birchall & his fellows released their 3rd studio disk called “Museum”. Just as I liked their previous albums very much, I have to say that this one isn’t even half as good as them. It’s not a total disaster but it has a huge amount of flaws which don’t let me enjoy “Museum” as much as I expected. Especially drifting towards more mainstream sounding pop/soft-rock & electronics (which already began in their 2nd output) isn’t a good choice.