Publication: Empire
Country Of Origin: Germany
Review Date: Spring 2008
Reviewer: Unknown
Transcription: Al Grabenstein

The group Tiles belongs, without ifs, ands or buts, to the absolute insiders' tip in the house of InsideOut. However, considering the fact that the current CD, "Fly Paper," turned out terrific, this status should change soon. When writing down a review, one is all too easily tempted to open certain drawers in order to be able to categorize the whole matter and be done with it. Well, in the case of "Fly Paper," I would quite often use the Rush-drawer, every now and then the Dream Theater- and perhaps also the US-American-melodic-rock drawer. But precisely this approach would probably be too simple. To be sure, Tiles really do not make it easy for the listener, and thus the boys again offer us their complex mix of prog rock, metal and a few melodic boilerplate tracks. The eight titles satisfy fully with their high musical ambition and warm sound. None other than top producer Terry Brown, who, as is well known, has worked with Rush before, has done an excellent job with the current disk. And since I’m already mentioning well known names, I also ought to refer to the list of guest musicians. There you’ll find, among others, Kim Mitchell, Alannah Myles und Alex Lifeson. "Fly Paper" must be absorbed repeatedly, and the album grows and grows and grows. For me "Fly Paper" is the first thunderclap of the year 2008, and I assert that other releases will find it damn difficult to come close. Very well done!