Band:	Pure Reason Revolution
Album:	The Dark Third
Style:	Alternative rock, Progressive rock
Release date:	April 10, 2006
A review by:	Jeff

Disc I
01. Aeropause
02. Goshen's Remains
03. Apprentice Of The Universe
04. The Bright Ambassadors Of Morning
05. Nimos And Tambos
06. Voices In Winter/In The Realms Of The Divine
07. Bullitts Dominae
08. Arrival/The Intention Craft
09. He Tried to Show Them Magic/Ambassadors Return
10. Asleep Under Eiderdown

Disc II [Inside Out release]
01. In Aurelia
02. Borgens Vor [CD only bonus]
03. The Exact Colour
04. The Twyncyn/Trembling Willows
05. Golden Clothes

It's not so usual to have good surprises nowadays, but with a bit of luck sometime you can receive some good new albums. "The Dark Third" the first album of the British of Pure Reason Revolution is one of these good surprises. With a lovely mix of Metal, Pop and Progressive Rock a la Pink Floyd, PRR is for me one of the first great surprises of the year 2007. If you like cool Prog and nice female vocalist I simply recommend you to check this release.

If you want to understand how the music of PRR sounds, you'll have to imagine a mix of Pink Floyd (I'm talking of the atmospheric but technical moments that we can find in the music of the British monsters) with Pop Rock (a bit like with the last The Gathering) and some Metal stuff (with some cool riffs). Let's add a nice female vocalist with a really beautiful voice and now, you are able to imagine (a bit) the music of this really original band. It's soft in general, except with sometime some sounds which are not so far of Metal, but we're more into Prog Rock than anything else. It's not a problem because it's cool to listen to this peaceful music and the voice of the singer is so cool that it's a real pleasure to listen to this album.

At the end, I only regret that some songs clearly lack of inspiration. They're not bad at all, but in comparison of the best tracks of the CD it's a bit deceiving. Plus, even if PRR found the way to create its own style (and that's evidently a great thing) I must say that we can hear a bit too much the influences of Pink Floyd for example and that's a bit disturbing. However, it's just a matter of time I think, it's a first album and with experience PRR will be able to confirm all its great potential and write songs with a bit more of personality.

We're in front of something really great here, a nice surprise made in England. If you like Pop, if you like Rock, if you like Metal and of course if you like Progressive music, "The Dark Third" is for you. Fresh and lovely, the first album of PRR will give you a lot of good feelings. Something great is born this year my friends.