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Label: Musea
Tracks:
- Rings Of Earthly Light 17.12
- The Rising Mist 4.26
- The Broken Path (Instr.) 1.32
- Glares Of Mind (Instr.) 3.56
- Pushing Together 4.40
- You'll Become Rain 2.14
- The Way Home 9.17
Musicians:
- Alessandro Serri - voice, electric and acoustic guitars, and flute
- Paolo Raciti - piano and keyboards
- Edmondo Romano - recorder flute, saxophone, and backing vocals
- Marco Forella - bass and acoustic guitar
- Martino Murtas - drums and percussion
- Valeria Caucino - vocals (1c)
- Enrico Paparella - acoustic guitar (3)
- Alessandro Cavatorti - acoustic guitar (4)
- Sabrina Quarelli - violin (4 & 7)
Probably Finisterre's and Hostsonaten's Fabio Zuffanti, knows thoroughly
this album. Because probably this albums is the most similar one to
Hostsonaten's new album, the wonderful Springsong.
Eris Pluvia are Italians, and makes the classic symphonic rock with folk and
pastoral touches, influenced by bands like Camel, Rousseau, Anthony
Phillips, Magna Carta or Mike Oldfield. Most beautiful melodies by a lot of
varied instruments as flutes, saxes, pianos, guitars or female voices.
Some acoustic passages, symphonic others. Definitively, an album plenty of
beauty and good taste. It stands out the abundant and effective use of flutes
and saxes as soloist instruments.
The whole album is exquisite, from the brilliant symphonic suite "Rings of
Earthly Light", to the incredible sensitivity and beauty of "Glares of
Mind", passing by "The Rising Mist", a bit acoustic track, the brief
camel-esque "The Broken Path", the beauty of piano and sax melodies in
"Pushing Together", and finally the wonderful ending track, long, happy and
rhythmic "The Way Home".
Unfortunately, Eris Pluvia just released this album, which already has
stayed as a jewel of last decade's symphonic. One of the best and more
beautiful works of 90's Italian prog. All Camel fans, or those who have
enjoyed the new Hostsonaten and Quidam albums, must go for it, right now.
Rating: 9/10
Ferran Lizana
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