.....and I quote, "Rock n' Roll has its roots in rebellion and by its very nature is designed to go against established, entrenched and outdated ways of thinking. 'Powerless' is an album which attempts to give a voice to all those who are victims of war, poverty, starvation and oppression in general from corrupt systems of empire and globalization..."

So goes the press blurb that accompanied this release into PO Box 666. "Oh, where to begin?" he mutters, scratching his Uber bonce untactfully....

Beyond the realms of delusion is the highest esteem I can fathom for what I'll term as a release for now. 'Deadly Ideas' - what an aptly-titled little ditty, building up with a progressive rock slant but as soon as the vocals enter the equation we go from flat to off-key to the down-right ridiculous, and let's not forget the time changes galore that simply don't evolve correctly and aren't fittingly structured enough to make up a basic tune. 'Powerless', musically, has some good moments but those vocals kill it all dead and disintegrates each and every song.

'Who Could We Be?' - I think it's time the Moon Bird guys advertised for a singer who, bluntly put, if it's still possible in today's world, can actually....wait for it.... sing.

'Powerful', more like painful....to my eardrums at this present moment in time. The album, and that term I offer loosely, is agony to behold, this is destroying and giving a bad name to progressive rock music and music in general. It should be uttered, there are minimal moments of balance and intelligence and musical prowess but the all important melody suffers; the biggest hook in any band is, of course, the voice and James Kwiecinski, the culprit in question, is delivering all this in a unfortunately drastic fashion.

'Overwhelmed', 'Lost Forever', 'How We'll Survive'; this is becoming extremely torturous and unlistenable to the point of "This disc will self-destruct immediately and I shall forever rejoice to the kingdom of Prog." Take away the singing, idiotic, confused fool from the mix on 'Falling Down' and the instrumentation on hand has a certain Pink Floyd inspired quality to it but, dreadfully, that abusive vocal attack is there destroying the track, giving it no chance whatsoever of musical redemption. 'The Delusion' is an autobiographical statement that excels in taking these halfwits into the lower regions and depths of  musical obscurity. 'Beyond Hope' could have, instrumentally, come forth from the magical '70s Canadian outfit Klaatu, but those vocals, oh those dastardly vocals....

Somebody pass me the tablets, I feel a headache coming on........

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