"Comawhat?"When it comes to music, I always get a kick out of albums that are dubbed by the masses as a "breakthrough album." Quite often, it turns out the band in question was churning out great music well before the album that made them famous dropped. For example, while most will claim Edguy's Mandrake was responsible for bringing the band the success it deserved, it's insanely hollow when compared to a previous release like Vain Glory Opera. So where do Lacuna Coil's In a Reverie and Comalies fall in such a picture?
As important as Comalies was in forging the Lacuna Coil brand, I still see it as an overrated piece of work that lacks any real variety. While it was far from shallow, songs could easily bleed into one another and at times I could barely tell what track I was on. Such a problem exists on practically every album the band has put out and exists due to the dynamic of the band's sound and vocal approach, yet it doesn't crop up to such a ridiculous degree on In a Reverie. Most of the songs, save for "Stately Lover," "Reverie" and "Veins of Glass" have their own identity and give the album the variety Lacuna Coil albums desperately need. I can't think of another track from the band's catalog that offers an experience quite like "My Wings" and that's really saying something. Even "To Myself I Turned" and "Falling Again" feel like separate entities despite the near-identical temperment.
CONCLUSION:
It's this kind of delicious irony that sets In a Reverie well beyond its predecessors. Debut albums should not be this good and effortlessly outline the shortcomings of their eventual follow-ups, yet the album does just that and does it with an unapologetic flair. You can have your Unleashed Memories, Comalies and Karmacode, to me there is only a Reverie.
Overall Score: 8/10
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