Lyrian – The Jester’s Quest in the City Of Glass (Medieval Records, 2016)
The Jester’s Quest in the City of Glass is an ambitious concept album by a progressive rock band named Lyrian. The album mixes narrations about the Jester’s travels with musical passages. The style is clearly in the symphonic rock area with medieval music elements.
The best moments are the instrumental sections provided keyboardist Paul Nash and guitarist John Blake. The band needs some help with the vocals (which are hard to digest) and the drums need some assistance too.
The lineup includes John Blake on guitars, vocals, percussion; Alison Felstead on bass, vocals, percussion; Paul W. Nash on guitars, keyboards, woodwinds, programming, vocals; and Edgar Wilde on drums, percussion, vocals, programming.