Perfect View
Red Moon Rising

A perfect view is probably something you see inte the mountainous area of this land or many other nation, probably in the north of Italy as well. Italy is the place of origin for this band who sings of a red moon rising. It looks kind of cliché and the only thing missing from it being completely predictable beforehand is the name Alessandro Del Vecchio somewhere in the booklet. Maybe it is there somewhere but not in the information I have been given. This is the second album of the quintet from Italy, the first one saw the light of day in 2010 and now four years later it is time for number two.

it is really no surprises musically, traditional AOR in the format of past greats. Nothing fancy or inventive. Well produced, the about 50 minutes of music is decently varied and we are getting what we can expect with a great production, catchy choruses. A good vocalist who has a touch of italian accent. All well and good, you hear the influences and you’ll instantly be familiar with their music. It will most definitely appeal to most fans of classic AOR, those who may not look as much for new ideas will most certainly find this appealing. It is certainly well made, and certainly has a lot of merit.

What is there to really say? It is good, no doubt about that. It sounds like stuff we have heard many times before, so it will not feel fresh. I can’t fault the quality of the recording, but I can fault the musical creativity. Speaking of things we have heard before they even end the album by covering Toto, one of the best and most influential in the genre. What kind of merit does this album have then? Well, it is a good album so it has some merit but sure, for me it is not something that will run over and over now that I am done with it. Most likely it will never be played again, tossed in that ever growing pile of good bands who fail to really find something of an own voice.

As for the songs, none are bad, I cannot really fault anything of this album. Other than its lack of fresh and creative ideas. I like the album but it never really grabs me, it is well produced with excellent sound but the songs is missing something. It is not anything major missing but there is no real hit song. I think this album will appeal to most fans of classic AOR, it has all that the bands had back then. It will bring those nostalgic feeling to mind, a perfect view of AOR as it was done in the past, but isn’t such a view a little bit too much of a cliché nowadays? As much as I like AOR, it is probably the best genre out there, but no matter how good a genre is it is still not a good idea to repeat something ad infinitum. A very good album but hardly something to get overly excited by, or too good to be bad and too bad to be really good.

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