Dilemma are a young, five-piece band (one each of guitar, vocals, bass, drums and keyboards) from the Netherlands. This is their first release and is, I believe, cassette only. At just over 24 minutes, the four songs amount to a long "EP" rather than a full album. On the cassette, it says, "File Under Rock." That is oddly appropriate because it's very hard for me to call this Progressive Rock. The music is very accessible, hook-laden rock, quite straightforward, really. Dividing an eight minute song into eight sections hardly makes for a Progressive album. The song in question, "The Horror of Time Travel," hardly has enough changes to warrant three parts, let alone eight. Stylistic comparisons can be made to the Neo-prog scene as a whole, Rush and U2. Dilemma would fit right at home on the SI label, so if you get into the majority of bands on that label, you might like Dilemma as well. I found it quite boring. Sorry, guys.

Mike Taylor