Daily Star – August 08, 2020

Differences is a Dutch band of which few records have survived into the digital age, to the point where even the release year of their initial album appears to be mired in a haze of confusion. But the arguably most reliable sources indicate that the production in question, The Voyage, appeared in 1985. Initially issued as a vinyl LP on short-lived indie label Frizz Bee, then reissued on CD 6 years later by then fledgling Dutch label SI Music. Differences stand exactly on the thin line between the fading 70's Symphonic Rock stylings and the emerging Neo Prog trends of the 80's, leaning slightly towards the first style. The 75'-77' Genesis seem to be their strongest influence with a bit of second-wave Teutonic aura in the process akin to Anyone's Daughter and Rousseau and, of course, some reasonable Marillion echoes in the more haunting moments…