Band:	Cloux
Album:	Full Fool
Style:	Progressive metal
Release date:	2004
A review by:	wrathchild

01. Human Being
02. Full Fool
03. Burp
04. Memento
05. Treacle
06. Lead On

Every guitarist dreams of being a guitar hero to impress someone else than their sister. Many tried and released one or two albums, but none of them really ranked high in the history of guitar? main problem: not the lack of abilities but the cruel lack of originality, of personality.

What about Cloux? Well, this French guy is not the new guitar god, no need to bow at him, and he won't change History with his record? BUT at least, this guy got that something many are lacking: his own style. Cloux is not ripping another guitarist's talent like many do.

All along the 6 tracks of the CD, you'll hear that the particular way he has chosen to play is not the easiest to listen to, with many breaks, with some highly deconstructed passages and others more lively, a bit groovy and supported by some bass slap. But it's all very well linked, and comes in a natural way, yet still surprising.
Even though all the tracks range in the 3 minutes, with the same musical tricks, they all stay in your mind somewhat different. Of course 2 tracks stand out, because they're not completely instrumentals.
On "Human Being", Simon Fleury repeats two sentences, in a semi growling voice: "I'm not an animal, I'm a human being!" (from the movie The Elephant Man) and "May the Force be with you" (guess), and on "Burp"? well, he? burps (!), but also explain us what is a burp (very surprising definition I must say).

Yeah, this album is not super serious, as the title clearly suggests. Full Fool is one of those albums which are just pleasant to hear, for unknown reasons. Plus, it's quite well produced, even though it's nothing special, it's nothing bad. You can hear all the instruments perfectly and everything sounds credible.
In fact, the biggest problem with this album is that it may be too "shy". It would have been cool to bring more diversity, by using even softer or extreme passages, or something more ambitious for example.
Yet it remains a very pleasant attempt, a good start!