Entertaining Angels – Special Edition (Synergy, 2012)
This band is described as neoprog, but what I heard on this double album special edition is a series of melodic rock and pop rock pieces with occasional keyboard intros and solos that are within the progressive rock parameters. Overall, the majority of the album sounds as if a progressive rock keyboardist was embedded in a melodic pop-rock band with typical pop hooks and repetitive steady drumming.
The lineup includes Tracy Hitchings on lead vocals; Uwe D’rose on guitars; Steve Gee on 4/5/6 & fretless basses, vocals; Mike Varty on piano, keyboards, violin, viola, vocals; and Dave Wagstaffe on drums, percussion, vocals.
Entertaining Angels also features guest musicians Hugh McDowell on cello; Laurent Hunziker on saxophone; Suzanne Parry on vocals; and Sam Collins on vocals.