Myth Of Logic - 2025 - The Memory Of After

(79:42; Myth Of Logic)

I must admit that part of me was hoping this was a new album by Mythologic, the quartet which was the Rodler brothers (i.e. Drama) plus singer Melissa Rodler (i.e. the trio which was Leger De Main) and Andeavour’s guitarist Steve Matusik, but instead this is the fourth release by multi-instrumentalist Scott David (keyboards, bass, electric & acoustic guitars, vocals). He  is joined by a few guests, including drummer Louis Alexi, but it is basically a solo release (apart from the excellent decision to bring in a human to hit the skins instead of programming).

Violinist Chris Barbosa is only on a couple of tracks, but whenever he comes in the songs immediately veer much closer to Kansas than anything else, whereas for most of the time Scott is taking a multitude of Seventies classics bands as influences. I like his voice, and he is a fine musician, but there is something about this release which leaves me somewhat cold and finding it difficult to get inside. It has a big production, quite bombastic at times, with plenty of layers, but even the gentle keyboard introduction which opens the album doesn’t grab me as it should and when it went into a Chris Squire bass lead I wondered what was going on, and soon I found myself playing “spot the influence” which is never a good thing (Utopia, Styx, Yes, Kansas, ELP are just a few which come immediately to mind) and there are some passages which are incredibly reminiscent of songs we all know and love. 

This means I found my attention was concentrating on the wrong aspect of the album, and instead of enjoying it for what it was, kept looking for musical references, so I only skated across the surface. There will be plenty who find this enthralling and totally enjoyable and I get that, but I am not one of them. 

Kev Rowland, May 2026

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