Darwin - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso

The emphatically titled 'Darwin!' is apparently a concept album, one I'm assuming is to do with Charles Darwin rather than one of his lesser-known brethren, but one I'd have to learn Italian to properly understand. Musically, this is a vast improvement over the band's debut, more or less perfecting their synthesis of classical chamber music and early prog rock without really favouring either one too greatly over the other, but at the same time it may be of less interest to classic prog fans for its mostly instrumental nature. Francesco Di Giacomo hardly gets a look-in on many of the songs, led once again by the brothers Nocenzi. Opener 'L'Evoluzione' is the ...  Read the complete review