DBA
CELESTIAL SONGS
SPIRIT OF UNICORN
★★★
While the Roger Dean-illustrated, Wakeman/Yes-evoking cover of DBA’s fifth LP suggests a wallow in 70s prog waters (keyboardist Geoff Downes has been in Yes and Asia), Celestial Songs feels more Simple Minds than ELP. Some tracks, such as the glistening yacht rock of Keep On Moving, would fit onto a recent Take That album, while others, including Beyond The Stars, sound like they’ll one day become someone’s Britain’s Got Talent audition. With most around the four-minute mark, Lana Del Rey/Marc Almond songwriter Chris Braide ensures this is more pop than prog.