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"Sight of Day" is the twelfth album by English progressive rock band Mostly Autumn. As with many of the band's previous albums, the recording was funded through a pre-order campaign. Those who pre-ordered the album received a double-disc edition of the album (limited to 2000 copies), which was released on 10 February 2017. A single-disc edition of the album was made available for general release on 7 April.
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It’s not Mostly Autumn’s best, but it’s not their worst. The title track, which runs over 14 minutes and opens the album, is excellent, memorable, and varied. But as soon as the second song, “Once Around the Sun” started, I worried this would be a heavier, more guitar-centric album, and I was right. I like heavy music, but it isn’t Mostly Autumn’s forte. Sight of Day also relies too heavily on the band’s male singer, Bryan Josh, and while he’s doing some of his better work, he doesn’t hold a candle to the voice of Olivia Sparnenn-Josh. Almost universally, the songs she sings are the album’s highlights, though even with her talent, I found a lot more songs that just blended together and bored me than I’d expected. There’s good music here, but I can’t listen to it in isolation — I can’t separate it from what I know these people are capable of. It probably sounds like I hate Sight of Day; I don’t, I really don’t. It went straight onto my main playlist, and there are a lot of songs I’ll seek out and listen to more over the coming weeks. But if you haven’t heard of Mostly Autumn before, do yourself a favour and go buy Dressed in Voices. I promise it’s worth your time, and maybe a spike in sales will convince the band to return to the style they excel at.
-- ufvcascade.ca
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