The band's follow-up still finds it working very much in the vein of orchestral rock, largely driven by 's keyboards and the presence of the . The reach of the music exceeds the grasp of the lyrics, though -- they lack the cold oracularity of or the allusive cleverness of . Still, there's some fine compositions here. turns upon a keening opening Mellotron riff to develop into a slow-four dirge. shows off the band's fine ability at vocal harmonies, while the later concert standard, shows a dramatic evolution from pensive acoustic guitar to a full-blown orchestral attack. ~ Paul Collins