Breathe Out, Breathe In (feat. Colin Blunstone & Rod Argent)

The Zombies are the kind of band friendships are forged over. The instant recognition amongst a knowing clique granted by their 1968 classic Odessey and Oracle contains a strength of feeling undimmed by time or mediocre follow-up albums. Despite its use as a simple means of setting the scene, the Odessey and Oracle comparison is a seriously false economy. Not least because it implies if Breathe Out, Breathe In comes off the worse it is not worthy of your attention. In fact, this Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone penned LP is exactly what you would want from the sixth Zombies album. The original template of weird mid-tempo ballads peppered by splashes of spidery organs and luscious harmony is very much intact.