TOUCHSTONE deliver a superior album of theatrical, "progressive-ish" rock, March 6, 2012

I first discovered the music of UK prog-rockers Touchstone with their 2010 double CD, "Live In the USA" (read my review here on Amazon). As anyone who knows me would attest, that album hit me like a ton of bricks and made an instant fan of me. From there I moved backwards through the band's previous releases; "Mad Hatters" (2006), "Discordant Dreams" (2007) and "Wintercoast" (2009), and was further blown-away by the quality and consistency of their body of work. When a new Touchstone album was announced for 2011, I was certainly excited, but also a little worried that the excellence of "Wintercoast" and "Live In the USA" could prove to be a hard act to follow...Well, as it turns out, there was no need to worry. "The City Sleeps" is arguably Touchstone's finest album to date - the work of a band firing on all cylinders and moving from strength to strength to strength. The album has deservedly built up a strong buzz since it's release last year, with glowing reviews from...