Unitopia
Album: The Garden
Release Date: November 18, 2008
Label: InsideOut Music

Disc One (The Garden)
01. One Day
02. The Garden
03. Angeliqua
04. Here I Am
05. I Wish I Could Fly
06. Inside the Power

Disc Two (The Journey)
01. Journey’s Friend
02. Give and Take
03. When I’m Done
04. This Life
05. Love Never Ends
06. So Far Away
07. Don’t Give Up Love
08. 321

Reviewer: Eric

With a cover like this you would think the latest from progressive rock band Unitopia would be too hard to handle. That is far from the truth, The Garden is a beautiful album that takes the listener on a journey they will never forget anytime soon.

This double disc release is defiantly one for the ages. Unitopia offers a unique blend of progressive rock with some symphonic parts that are incredible. If you never heard of this band then you will want to pick up everything they have to offer, The Garden is a non stop ride into a progressive sound that is easy on the ears, yet at the same time it offers everything you would have ever wanted from a progressive release.

Unitopia never saw a wide release for their first album More Than a Dream. With InsideOut Music reaming up with the band hopefully progressive rock fans will find something they have missed. The Garden is 15 tracks from a band that puts in enough emotion to power into everything, giving it that sound that is note worthy on so many accounts.

The instrumentation on this album is stunning. Words can not explain how I felt when I heard the progressive masterpieces The Garden and Journey’s Friend. These two tracks are defiantly the glue on there discs. They give you that sense like you are watching a movie right before your eyes, which is something I always look for when I am listening to a progressive release (progressive music tends to be that strong).

Lyrically this album takes a few turns that might make the sound stale. Some of the tracks on this album have emo sounding lyrics. Thankfully this doesn’t happen all the time as some tracks go more into making the listener think.

Final Verdict
Overall I think The Garden is a fantastic album. If I had one problem it was defiantly the lyrics, but only at times. Everything else is top notch, making this a progressive album that you should not miss. Pick up The Garden immediately.

Rating
9.25 out of 10

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