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Tracklist: Welcome To Your Life (6:11), Something Wrong (7:41), Earth (5:52), All The Lights In Town (8:15), The World Inside (5:58), New Normal (3:41), Tourist Trap (7:23) 

Twilight, by the then Night Watch was deemed ?one of the best albums of 1998? in Dirk van den Hout?s 9+ DPRP review. A few years later 2004?s Vacuum garnered an 8/10 DPRP review by Bob Mulvey. Other albums that have not yet been reviewed but which I can heartily recommend are Ghost (2001), Primitive (2007) and Live (2008). 

The Watch are an Italian five piece consisting of Giorgio Gabriel (electric guitars, 12 strings acoustic guitar, classical guitar); Guglielmo Mariotti (bass, bass pedals, 12 string electric & acoustic guitars, vocals); Valerio De Vittorio (pianos, Hammond L122 organ, mellotron, Arp and Moog, synths, vocals); Simone Rossetti (vocals, flute, tambourine, Moog, mellotron [studio]) and Marco Fabbri (drums, percussions, vocals). 

Firstly, a word of warning. All you mellotron fans had better order in some paper hankies. There?s going to be weeping. And perhaps worse. The instrument is so interwoven into the sound on this record you will be grinning from ear to ear. For me, mellotrons are like cars ? I don?t know how they work but I?m glad they do. I?m sure witchcraft is involved. 

For all you trivia fans, the band use, and take on tour, an M400 (*** no. 1689) mellotron which was bought in an Italian studio and which has previously been used by, amongst others, Brian May of Queen. Currently the band?s tape set consists of the following sounds: 3 violins, 8 mixed choirs and flute. They all get a tremendous workout. 

Needless to say this record comes highly recommended. Good headphones and a decent stereo will have you finding new bits you missed in the car or through your MP3 pod dock thing. It?s an early contender for record of the year. You see, it?s that rare beast - prog made by genuine, talented people who love prog for people who love prog. And for no other reason. Not to make them rich beyond dreams of avarice, not for ?brand positioning?. A record that will make you smile. 

Conclusion: 9 out of 10