COVENANT – ‘Northern Light’

And they are back!

To add even more delight, Joakim Montelius is back as well! After unfocused "United States Of Mind", blades are resharpened, cryotank is in full service - "Northern Light" is bright and cold.
Moving out of the chrysalis of electro (future pop?) genre, Covenant spreads it’s wings: production is more meticulous, approach to composition more serious, music precise, lyrics cold as ever. 'Prometheus', 'Bullet' – note the humane touch; 'Call The Ships To Port', 'We Want Revolution' – instant hits; 'Winter Comes', 'Atlas' – pure Covenant. Somewhat surprise is choir of children (angels?) on 'Invisible & Silent' and addition of Steve Stoll to Holy Trinity on 'Rising Sun'. Eleven songs, each bringing it’s colour to this full, rich issue, but yet not strong enough to enlighten…

We are still waiting for an album, an extraordinary album that will catapult the electro sub-culture into mainstream orbit. Covenant CAN produce such album. "Northern Light" is a good start, but leaves them in a no man’s land. Which path will be chosen is yet for us to see. I heartily wish to Covenant, as Ronan Harris did years back, that the road rise before them.