What's The Story?
Transatlantic are a prog-rock supergroup composed of members and former members of Dream Theater, Spock's Beard, The Flower Kings and Marillion. If you've heard of any of those, I'd be amazed if you hadn't heard this band. Out of The Night is from the first Transatlantic album after an 8 year hiatus, The Whirlwind.
Who's To Blame?
Holland.
Why ♥ It?
This track manages to catch many of the more accessible caveats of progressive rock, while eschewing some of the more stigmatized elements.
It starts like an anthem; that steady 1-2-3-4 is a great hook that works most effectively to make the tune memorable.
Trewavas' bass is impeccable for many segments of the track. The bass in the first part (0:16-0:32) and the part immediately after (0:32-0:48) threaten to steal the show by walking all over the excellent vibe that the band sets up.
The track does a neat job of toggling from upbeat and driving to slow and heartfelt. It does this a couple of times, which sort of kills the inspirational mood of the main part, but allows the song to work on a subdermal level: it's not just a quick pick-me-up, but a song that tries to have serious lyrical impact and merit.
Also, anti prog-rock fans would hang me for this, but the way that the four members sing various parts and come together for harmonies during chorus sections reminds of The Beatles. There should probably be a Godwin's Law for comparing any non-Beatles tune to a Beatles tune, but I think that's what they go for, and I think that they pull it off pretty well.
And hey, at least their drummer is better than Ringo.
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