The Horizon
Situation Normal, All Fouled Up

THE REVIEW

I'm back to writing reviews because I finally found something not yet reviewed that, in my opinion, deserves to be critiqued and listened to. I'm talking about a local band, The Horizon, a group of 17-year-olds with guts.

They recorded their second demo and that's exactly what I want to talk about. The album consists of 6 songs. It starts with Mistakes, a gritty rock song enriched by Muse-style keyboards from their golden days. It's followed by Another Day, the showpiece, always present in live performances for its energy, and Dead Inside, the only song remaining from the old demo, revamped, revised, cleaned up, and improved. At this point, we arrive at the album's highlight, The Trip, a long (over 7 minutes) and intense post-rock ride. The pulsating heart of the album, amazing and astonishing, is truly high-quality music. It finally concludes with Necessità Primarie, a solid Italian rock and Fear To Miss You, another great song tinged with post-rock. Very beautiful for its keyboard intertwining.

The CD, in the end, satisfies; it certainly doesn't deserve 4-5 stars, but 3 are more than fair. This is a band that could be successful, and already has (just think of the fact that they've played with Bugo and Punto G Blu, among others). A band that prefers quality over money, a band that deserves support. I'm sorry I couldn't include the cover, but I believe none of you will manage to get this CD... maybe by looking around the net, something can be found...

Influences: Verdena, Slint, Muse, Smashing Pumpkins

Tracklist: 1. Mistakes 2. Another Day 3. Dead Inside 4. The Trip 5. Necessità Primarie 6. Fear To Miss You