Intelligent-Quozient

[nicola]

March 21, 2025
Seven more days and the new IQ album will be released,
insiders who have listened to it describe it very positively with long tracks, one of which is 22 minutes long, but I have not been able to find the details of the other 3 apart from No Dominion which they released as a promo for the album ... some describe it further from Genesis and closer to the Yes genre but these are simplifications just to get an idea .... in evidence in addition to the usual Mike Holmes also Neil Durant with church organ pieces in Awaken style but in any case just wait a few days and we will also be able to have our opinion .... in the meantime, while we wait, a long recent interview by Peter Nicholls and Mike Holmes
From
The Prog Report
Singer Peter Nicholls and guitarist Mike Holmes from legendary UK prog group IQ join Roie Avin to talk about their new studio album 'Dominion', their long career, songwriting, picking setlists, and more. Dominion is out on March 28th, 2025.


https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...prog+report+iq


for those who prefer to read the translation, you can use the subtitles and choose your language in the settings

GOOD VISION and LISTENING





finally the detail of the duration of the tracks of the new IQ album


1. The Unknown Door (22:33)
2. One of Us (03:10)
3. No Dominion (06:25)
4. Far from Here (12:44)
5. Never Land (08:16)

Line-up / Musicians
- Peter Nicholls / lead & backing vocals
- Michael Holmes / guitars, producer
- Neil Durant / keyboards
- Tim Esau / bass, bass pedals
- Paul Cook / drums, percussion

[nicola]

March 28, 2025,






IQ DOMINION album has been released





there are only 5 tracks even if IQ have a lot of other music ready but always for the "disease of extreme perfectionism" that Michael Holmes has been fighting for many years, Holmes has decided that the remaining material needs corrections and a better mix .... but for the very high quality product that he gives us we forgive him and if what is missing is of the same quality as DOMINION then go ahead and take it easy.
as for the previews of the album that spoke of abandoning a similar Genesis to move on to a similar Yes none of this is pure Original Music IQ .... even the references to the use of the church organ to compare it to AWAKEN have nothing to do with it, just a few passages ... Awaken is something else
Dominion is a great album where 3 tracks stand out
No Dominion
The Unknown Door
Far From Here
the other two are very predictable quiet tracks
my advice is to listen to it several times before judging it and listen to it with headphones so as not to miss anything of the construction of the track .... my favorite track is Far From Here beautiful with great work by Peter Nicholls and Neil Durant and compliments to
Paul Cook for the great performance to chase the very high rhythm of the track perhaps one of the highest in the IQ compositions
in short an extremely positive judgment for DOMINION

Thanks IQ for the excellent music