Key to this album is perseverance, which is why I'm so glad it is less than fifty minutes long. It has the feel ofĪ space-rock record, almost ambient in places, and there are fewer hooks here than in 'Night'. ![]() Rhythm, the emotional impact of this album is no less than that of much more dramatic work.Īt first listen 'Tick Tock' sounds banal. Despite the limited canvas, particularly of the Punctuate the journey but are not stopping places. Male voice choirs, the occasional thunder of drums and rumble of power chords: these Insistent train ride where the scenery slowly becomes more dramatic, narrated by Ohme's syrupy Volcano of sound the next - instead we are engaged with a carefully plotted journey, a clicking, There's no wild dynamics as one experiences with bands like OPETH - acoustic guitar one moment, a A simple, repetitive rhythm - as implied by the album's title - sets theįoundation for the most delicious of slow builds, as the musical tension is ever so slowly wound up. What GAZPACHO offer us with 'Tick Tock', as they did with 'Night', is the extendedĭevelopment of a theme. People think of neo-prog as somehow 'dumbed down' from classic prog rock, but that view is too In my opinion GAZPACHO have left the field of contemporary neo-prog floundering in their wake. Hopes, IĪm happy to say, that have been realised with this release. Hopes have been high for this, their follow-up to 'Night'. ![]() Scene with the stunning 'Night', a deceptively simple but deeply rich concept album that virtually After three rather tentative albums to start their career, GAZPACHO exploded on to the modern prog
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