Nine Skies - 5.20

[GaetanL]

I already posted in the New Stuff Friday thread, but decided also to start its own thread...

Neo-Prog band Nine Skies from France

Copy paste from the EPK:
The new album is called “5.20” and will be released the 4th June 2021.
Achraf El Asraoui joins the band to record this new album. It is an acoustic opus including a string quatuor.
Steve Hackett (Genesis, Steve Hackett Band...), John Hackett and Damian Wilson (Arena, Ayreon,
Threshold, Adam Wakeman, Headspace...) are announced as guests.

“Wilderness” (feat. Steve Hackett)
https://youtu.be/voDAhDEN5kU

“Porcelain Hill” (feat. Damian Wilson)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAQW_shndJs

I heard the whole album... Production is great! This is something a bit different than usual. Really good stuff!

Still no reaction from LarryD after all my posts about this band... Even after a great performance by Damian Wilson himself... crickets...

[LarryD]

I already posted in the New Stuff Friday thread, but decided also to start its own thread...

Neo-Prog band Nine Skies from France

Copy paste from the EPK:
The new album is called “5.20” and will be released the 4th June 2021.
Achraf El Asraoui joins the band to record this new album. It is an acoustic opus including a string quatuor.
Steve Hackett (Genesis, Steve Hackett Band...), John Hackett and Damian Wilson (Arena, Ayreon,
Threshold, Adam Wakeman, Headspace...) are announced as guests.

“Wilderness” (feat. Steve Hackett)
https://youtu.be/voDAhDEN5kU

“Porcelain Hill” (feat. Damian Wilson)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAQW_shndJs

I heard the whole album... Production is great! This is something a bit different than usual. Really good stuff!

Still no reaction from LarryD after all my posts about this band... Even after a great performance by Damian Wilson himself... crickets...

****I'm reading everything you write about this band ......... I will click the links later on today and see what happens ........ very excited to read this, not many good Neo bands putting much out lately..........

[GaetanL]

Glad to see your interest in this band Larry

This new release by Nine Skies is special. If you're looking for more of a classic neo-prog sound, then the debut "Return Home" is the one. "Return Home" is still my favorite album from them.

[LarryD]

Those two songs sound great !!!!!! Will definitely be on this one .........going to check the previous disc as well. Thanks for the heads up........

Streaming "Return Home" as I write this ......

[GaetanL]

All my Nine Skies reviews translated from French to English by Google Translate:

https://translate.google.com/translate? ... /ns/ns.htm

[LarryD]

Got this from The Lasers Edge yesterday ...... cant wait to play it tomorrow. Also got The Dear Hunter, Acolyte, Anneke with an orchestra and a ton more.......

[GaetanL]

Streaming "Return Home" as I write this ......

Finally?

[LarryD]

Return Home is much better than this new one ....... I didn't hear drums for at least 5 tracks or more ....... I don't mind light, but this is way past light mode for me ......the previous one is much more traditional neo=prog than this one is ........