New attentoin paid to Anathema is a just cause, only a understatement if you listen to the gem baptized "A Natural Disaster". The opening track Harmonium basically sets the live tone. Its catchy tune and the staccato basskick are accompanied by the audience's clapping from the very first moment. Perhaps that's evident for the solidarity and the intimacy the band (with a tendency towards progressive rock) seems to be emitting these days. Keywords as beautiful, modesty, patience, Pink and Floyd could send you in a good direction of what the singing and guitar-playing brothers Danny and Vinnie Cavanagh are trying to achieve. The technical sound bits, with some small exceptions here and there, well sorted. In other words: sophisticated but delicate double guitar constructions, and almost discrete, but functional bass parts. Dispite these efforts, its put down a bit by the moderate effort paid by guest singer Lee Douglas, whose performance isnt that fitting to the rest of the group. A couple of more heavy songs of Alternative 4 (Fragile Dreams) are well received by the audience up front, but breaks down the continuation of subtlety the boys were building up till halfway the show. A more definate choice for later works would've paid more respect to the brilliant intentions of the gig.
- Niels Guns, OOR