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An amazing selection from the many reviews we found across the web. The most part of them speak about our beginnings and our last work “Eclipse of the midnight sun”.
There are more than 30 reviews only in the first month from the album release.
We organized them by alphabetical order. You can find the reviews in the following slide.
AMAROCK MAGAZINE
[...] Et c’est de manière éblouissante que le quartet revient sur le devant de la scène, ainsi que le démontre l’écriture talentueuse déployée tout au long de cette heure de musique. Le temps a définitivement su faire son œuvre, et ce projet, mûri avec justesse, révèle une remarquable esthétique qui se veut terre de contrastes. [...]
Read the ReviewAREA ROCK
Dopo il loro abbandono nel 1992, i Tale Cue hanno lasciato dietro di sé espressioni incompiute ed emozioni inespresse che hanno attraversato gli anni. Oggi, trasformano quella lunga pausa in una potente rinascita, [...]
Read the ReviewATHOS ENRILE
Ci sono dischi che aspetti e dischi che arrivano senza preavviso, sorprendendoti proprio perché non sapevi nemmeno che esistessero. Eclipse of the Midnight Sun appartiene a questa seconda categoria: un incontro del tutto casuale con una band che ignoravo, e che invece si rivela capace di un ritorno potente, maturo e profondamente ispirato. [...]
Read the ReviewBABYBLAUE
Chau an: Es sind in Italien nicht nur 70er-Jahre-Bands, die nach Ewigkeiten wieder zusammenfinden, sondern neuerlich haben das auch Tale Cue getan, die sich 1992 recht bald nach ihrem ersten und für lange Zeit einzigen Album "Voices Beyond My Curtain" wieder aufgelöst hatten. [...]
Read the ReviewBACKGROUND MAGAZINE
[...] at the centre of the album the rousing tale of Gordon Sinclair introduced with blistering guitar riffs from Silvio Masanotti, sits next to the reflective Tides with keyboardist Giovanni Porpora providing full orchestration and piano, while Masanotti adds sympathetic bass lines; vocalist Laura Basla handles the changes with great delicacy [...]
Read the ReviewCABEZA DE MOOG
Rock progresivo italiano cantado en inglés por voces femeninas, moderno, de altísimo nivel. Con ustedes, un neoprogresivo cantado en inglés que en realidad es un retorno triunfal y tardío: tras 34 años de silencio (desde su único álbum de 1992), el trabajo es una gran obra de un sinfónico de amplio espectro [...]
Read the ReviewCARRY'S NEW UNDERGROUND MUSIC
Tale Cue werd in 1987 te Milaan, Italië opgericht en bestaat tegenwoordig uit: Alessio Cobau - drums, Giovanni Porpora - keyboards, Silvio Masanotti - solo- en basgitaar en Laura Basla - zang.
De band bestond in eerste instantie tot 1992 en bracht in 1989 het mini-album "Four Tals" [...]
Read the ReviewDPRP
In the early 1990s I heard Tale Cue's debut album Voices Behind My Curtain, and it has stayed with me ever since. My taste shifted, but this album was never far. The somewhat darker atmosphere appeals to me, and the excellent way the guitars and keyboards intertwined their melodies reminded me a bit of early Twelfth Night, and was something I really loved.
For a few years I have been talking to keyboard player Giovanni Porpora about their first demo 1989 [...]
Read the ReviewFREDDY MUSIC CLUB
Certe luci non si spengono mai: restano nascoste, attendono soltanto il momento giusto per riemergere. Così, dopo oltre trent’anni di silenzio, i Tale Cue tornano con Eclipse of the midnight sun, un lavoro che non è soltanto un nuovo inizio, ma la naturale prosecuzione di una storia rimasta sospesa dal 1992, dopo la pubblicazione del primo album Voices beyond my curtain.
La band – formatasi nel lontano 1988, torna in pista [...]
Read the ReviewHOUSE OF PROG
After reviewing Aufklärung’s return to form after 30 years of waiting , how about another Italian band who after 34 years decide to release a sophomore album? Why not , I am on a roll [...]
Read the ReviewLAZLAND
Voices from the Past is a suitable overture to proceedings, a short jazzy intro with some noodling and improvisation, all protagonists heralding The Rage and the Innocence, essentially discovery, battles of inner intent, having to find a way after being stripped of the dreams of childhood; to quote Led Zep, what is and what could never be. The opening notes are dissonant before the glorious surprise of [...]
Read the ReviewMLWZ
Tale Cue to jedna z pierwszych nazw, jaka kojarzy mi się ze zjawiskiem ‘odrodzenia rocka progresywnego’, które na przełomie lat 80. i 90. zawładnęło moją wyobraźnią i sprowokowało muzyczne poszukiwania na europejskim rynku muzycznym. To wtedy objawiły mi się nazwy grup Leviathan, Eris Pluvia, Fancyfluid, Arcansiel, Asgard oraz ich włoscy koledzy właśnie z [...]
Read the ReviewNANDO CASERTA PROG
Il ritorno che nessuno si aspettava, e che forse proprio per questo colpisce di più. Ci sono storie musicali che sembrano sospese nel tempo.
Tale Cue sono una di queste. Nel 1991 pubblicarono Voices Beyond My Curtain, un debutto “di culto”: acerbo, affascinante, pieno di idee e di limiti. Una formazione giovane ma già ambiziosa — Silvio Masanotti (chitarra), Filippo Oggioni (batteria), Davide Vicchione (basso), Laura Basla (voce), Giovanni Porpora (tastiere) [...]
Read the ReviewNEW WAVE OF BRITISH HEAVY METAL
Bad Dog Promotions have been on a roll this year sending me all sort of good stuff to review. For example just this last few weeks we’ve had the excellent Spriggan Mist, Myth of Logic and Erewan.
Now they’ve surpassed even those three albums with the arrival of Eclipse Of The Midnight Sun by Tale Cue. Interesting name for a band eh? [...]
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Ho un bellissimo ricordo della band milanese capitanata dalla cantante Laura Basla, soprattutto riguardo l’album “Voices Beyond My Curtains “ (Musea – 1991) e non nascondo il piacere che ho provato nel rivedere oggi il loro nome nello scaffale dei dischi. I Tale Cue si formano nel 1988 per il volere di due amici che hanno suonato in cover band. Nel 1989 [...]
Read the ReviewPROFILI PROG
Premier album en 1991, le second aujourd'hui en 2025, un hiatus de trente-quatre années pour TALE CUE ce qui laisse à penser qu'ils n'avaient pas tout dit et tout écrit à l'époque. C'est leur renaissance, leur voyage à travers le temps, l'éclipse de leur soleil de minuit.
"Voices Beyond My Curtain" était un disque brut, celui-ci est beaucoup plus posé, un autre groupe en quelque sorte, quelques échappées [...]
Read the ReviewPROG CENSOR
Tale Cue créé en 1988, dirigé par la chanteuse Laura jouant une musique mêlant passages puissants sur une guitare à la David Gilmour; un son proposant des ambiances douces par l’apport des synthétiseurs. Arrêt en 1992 et «renaissance», eux flirtant justement ce groupe en plus de Genesis et Pink Floyd [...]
Read the ReviewPROG CRITIQUE
Tale Cue… et bien en voilà une surprise ! Voilà un nom que j’avais rangé depuis longtemps dans ma mémoire, en réalité depuis l’écoute d’un album paru chez Musea au début des années 90 et intitulé Voices Beyond My Curtain. S’agit-il vraiment du même groupe ou d’une simple homonymie ? Vérification faite, aucun doute [...]
Read the ReviewPROG ET PLUS
[...] Voices from the Past, une courte introduction instrumentale, ouvre la voie à The Rage and the Innocence, premier véritable morceau de l’album. Un titre qui résume à lui seul l’essence de la musique du groupe [...]
Read the ReviewPROG MANIA
L’album « Eclipse of the Midnight Sun » de TALE CUE sortira le 16 novembre 2025 via le label Freia.
TALE CUE est né en 1988, lorsque la chanteuse Laura Basla, le guitariste Silvio Masanotti et le claviériste Giovanni Porpora, après avoir joué ensemble dans un groupe de reprises, décident de créer leur propre projet. TALE CUE s’est reformé pour faire revivre des histoires inachevées, tissant leur style signature avec [...]
Read the ReviewPROG RADIO
Although this album wasn’t given a full review, it has been carefully listened to and evaluated by Prog Radio and given a Star rating (5 out 5).
You can enjoy tracks from this album in rotation at Prog Radio. (The higher the Star rating, the more tracks we will be playing and with more frequency.) [...]
Read the ReviewPROGRESSIVE ROCK CENTRAL
Italian progressive rock band, Tale Cue, have released their new album, Eclipse of the Midnight Sun, on November 16th of this year. Tale Cue is made up of members: Silvio Masanotti on guitars and bass; Laura Basla on vocals; Giovanni Porpora on keyboards; and Alessio Cobau on drums [...]
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Read the ReviewPROGWERELD
16 december 2025 door Jacco Stijkel
Natuurlijk, 34 jaar is een lange tijd, maar de Italiaanse band Tale Cue vond dat er nog ‘unfinished business’ te doen was. Daarom kwamen zangeres Laura Basla, gitarist Silvio Masanotti, en toetsenist Giovanni Porpora weer bij elkaar om een nieuw album op te nemen. In Alessio Cobau werd een nieuwe [...]
Read the ReviewREDAPOLIS MUSIC
Tale Cue - Eclipse Of The Midnight Sun (Freia Music, 2025)
Un ritorno che non guarda indietro, ma illumina il presente
Ci sono dischi che nascono due volte: la prima quando vengono immaginati, la seconda quando finalmente trovano la luce. Eclipse Of The Midnight Sun dei Tale Cue appartiene a questa categoria. È il ritorno di una band che aveva lasciato un segno nei primi anni ’90 con il loro album [...]
Read the ReviewROCK PROGRESSIF ITALIEN
Retour plutôt inattendu de Tale Cue, un groupe créé à Milan en 1988 qui s'était sabordé peu après la sortie d'un album de néo prog publié par Musea en 1991 (Voices beyond my curtain).
Trente trois ans plus tard, sort donc cet Eclipse of the midnight sun concocté par trois membres de la formation d'origine [...]
Read the ReviewVIA NOCTURNA
O regresso dos Tale Cue com Eclipse Of The Midnight Sun, mais de três décadas após o álbum de estreia, é por si só um dado relevante. Mas este retomar de uma atividade interrompida é feito com uma proposta claramente mais madura, cuidada e ambiciosa, revelando uma banda consciente do seu passado, mas sobretudo do que [...]
Read the ReviewWEEKEND PROG
To wrap-up this year, we asked 16 of the prog-scribes at DPRP.net to select their Top 10 albums of the year. This is the list of each reviewer's selections.
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