Despite having amassed a pretty decent collection of rare 1970s prog, I still have huge gaps in my prog education, including a few more or less well-known Italian bands whom I've never heard a note of. Saint Just used to be one of them until yesterday, when I finally got myself a copy of their debut album. Playing it for the second time now - some good stuff here, it seems! Does not sound very Italian to me, though - or, rather, does not sound very Italian Prog. I mean, there's a certain melodious aura here, with plenty of elegant instrumentation and lush melodic lines, which I always associated with Italian musical tradition, but no symphonic bombast which is characteristic for a lot of prog albums from this country. I would say it's more chamber than symphonic overall, with folk influences too. Once again, a good one IMO, and it's quite hard to come up with any close comparison.
What do you think about it? And what's up with their second LP? In the same vein? I enjoyed the first, so thinking about getting that one too.
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