Circle - Tower

IT SHOULD SURPRISE NO ONE THAT THIS IS YET ANOTHER NEW SOUND FOR CIRCLE, AND ONE I THINK THAT MOST OF US WILL HAPPILY WELCOME. ALTHOUGH STILL BEARING THE MONIKER 'NEW WAVE OF FINNISH HEAVY METAL', THIS ONE DEFINITELY BARES MORE RELATIONSHIP TO IN A SILENT WAY THAN ACES HIGH. NO SIGN OF VOCALS AT ALL, JUST CHILLED-OUT GROOVES THAT STILL HAVE PROSPEKT AT THEIR CORE (THOUGH PERHAPS THEIR EXTERIOR IS MORE LIKE A HEAVILY SEDATED SOFT MACHINE?). THE LINE-UP IS THE CURRENT CORE OF CIRCLE + MIKA RINTAL (VERDE) SO HE IS LISTED HERE AS SPECIAL GUEST SUPER-STAR. LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, I'VE SCRATCHED MY HEAD A BIT AT ALL THE NEW DIRECTIONS THAT CIRCLE HAS TRIED IN THE PAST 5 YEARS, BUT HERE I THINK THEY'VE REALLY HIT ON SOMETHING BRILLIANT. I DON'T KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD LEAP AT PICKING UP A NEW FUSION ALBUM, BUT CIRCLE HAS REINVENTED IT IN A WAY THAT NO ONE OTHER THAN CIRCLE COULD PULL IT OFF. WHAT DO WE END UP WITH THEN? A PERFECTLY ACCESSIBLE ALBUM THAT STILL PULLS OFF THE INSATIABLE/ADDICTIVE PULSE OF PROSPEKT

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