BRIGHTEYE BRISON - STORIES

Formed in 2000 by 2 fellow students (keyboardplayer Linus Kase and bassist Kristofer Eng) from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm/Sweden, this band has been working it’s way up with their 1970s influenced Progressive Rock. BRIGHTEYE BRISON is completed by guitarist Johan Oijen, drummer Daniel Kase and vocalist Per Hallman. 

YES, ELP, GENESIS, GENTLE GIANT, KAIPA are all bands that come to mind when hearing their 2nd CD ‘Stories’, which is the follow-up to their 2003 same titled debut CD. 

10 songs are included on ‘Stories’, which has it’s highlight towards the end with the fantastic “We wanna return”, a pure 1970s Pomprock Classic tune that has harmonies not heard since STYX, SPY and TOUCH, a pure Pomprock Bliss and so is the titletrack (that has a little KAYAK symphorock thrown in for good measure), but the rest is typical 70s progressive rock, so not as catchy and melodic as “We wanna return”. Still for fans of old GENESIS, KAIPA, YES, PFM, ECHOLYN, etc. something to check out asap, because this Swedish band does it very well. 

Rating: 8.2/10

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