“Two huge centrepieces are guaranteed to delight prog’s stopwatch brigade”: Neal Morse breaks out more sumptuous melodies on No Hill For A Climber

Neal Morse & The Resonance – No Hill For A Climber.

In the 22 years since he underwent a religious conversion, Neal Morse – the keyboardist, singer and songwriter known for his work with Spock’s Beard, Transatlantic, Flying Colors and others – often relays his faith via the medium of music.

A most extreme example is 2019’s spectacularly overblown, special guest-strewn rock opera Jesus Christ The Exorcist. By comparison, No Hill For A Climber (a line from Barbara Kingsolver’s Pulitzer-winning novel Demon Copperhead) is more rooted in the world of the secular, with occasional references to the Bible.