September 16, 2006
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The Attila & Dave Project - Lifeline

By tlarz

Once in a while, a new exciting band surfaces on the great sea of art/progrock, reaching the shore in ripple effect. My dear friend and mate Leo, has just presented me with such a surprise! ATTILA & DAVE PROJECT...yes that's right, that is the name of these 3 fine musicians. What a joy it is to have some new input, in this our progworld!! Every progfan and reviewer alike knows this feeling...ah, new blood, new texture, new form. Well, this is not all together true, Attila & Dave P. Delivers some exciting, different approach to artrock/popprog/folkprog, but its not new per se, its just refreshingly different!!

Their 1999 outing: “Lifeline” are a superb mix of artrock and prog, think Porcupine Tree/ think Beatle´ish tunes/ think 70´ties sound and you´re almost there! This album has been sitting in my cd-player, changing places with the new Hackett cd, for a long time now. This album grows with every listen, take track #3: “Moonlight” a brilliant artrock tune, that glides into a heartbeat effect laid under the soothing vocals of Attila.

This is really a masterful album, with great vocals and some fine tuned songs! It is refreshingly different and i really have to applaud these guys for trying something new!!
So dear prog friend, if you stumble upon Attila & Dave Project, in your search through various record stores and 2´hand bins, get this fine album!! Ill be back with a review of their next album : “Illuminated”....meanwhile, go get this one, you wont be disappointed, promise!!!