(Progressive rock) Celestial O’euvre - Second Chance - 2005, MP3, 320 kbps

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From the New York City area, Celestial O’euvre’s name may not roll off the tongue, but they are a progressive rock band and are not trying to hide it. Taking cues from Yes, ELP, and other 1970s bands, their sound is huge and full of pomp, sometimes with an AOR flavor, but don’t worry, this isn’t Styx. The lead guitarist of the band is Joe Nardulli, who has a CD under his own name and one by his own band Ad Astra. Singer Joe Acaba reminds us of the singer for Isopoda, though we’re pretty sure Acaba has never fronted a Belgian progressive rock band. Keyboardist Jose Damien and drummer Hector Lopez are also superb musicians. The core members of Celestial O’euvre have been writing and playing progressive rock since the mid-1970s, and the band’s aesthetic is of that era, full of Yes-like positivity.
Second Chance (2005) is their debut, released by the band. It caught the attention of Montreal’s Unicorn Digital label, who released the band’s second CD This Mortal Coil (2009). Sadly, Jose Damien passed away in 2007, which would explain the title of the second album. But as the band had been working on the second album for some time, Damien still plays all the keyboards and bass and has several writing credits.

Joe Acaba-vocals
Jose Damien-keyboards, bass, guitar
Joe Nardulli-lead guitar
Hector Lopez-drums