Leprous – Malina (CD)
There is a constant tug-of-war in the progressive music community, especially among the more popular bands in the genre, the push-and-pull of being as esoteric as possible and adopting a more standard poppy arrangement. Though Leprous may be accused of veering dangerously close to capitalizing on the lowest common denominator demographic with their newest effort “Malina”, this is by no means a weak record. Malina is the sonic onion whose…