Cinderella Search in 3 releases

I guess there are those who like me are left cold by this kind of neoprog albeit performed in an almost ideal way with all the accoutrements of Marillionish (from which the title of the band is derived) symphonic strings, pompous chords, Genesis-insane lyrics on medieval themes or some such, but done without the high creativity of the 70s bunch, and there are those who just love this stuff.  I would point if I were being scientific to the fact there are fewer chords per song, fewer rhythmic alterations, in fact none usually in each song, no dissonance at all, and a minimum of instrumentation including absence of fusion elements, flutes or oboes (except synthetic), etc.  I also found it surprising when relistening to all these that the first record isn't better, coming out so early on in the prog renaissance such as it was.

The track called Snowfall is from the second album:

Database info is here.

A good ex. of a 'rave review' I don't comprehend can be found on (the highly unreliable site anyways) progarchives:

CINDERELLA SEARCH is perhaps one of the most English-sounding Japanese prog bands around. However, don't be fooled by the old MARILLION song title: they don't sound remotely like them even if they do claim being inspired by the band, among others. [--WHAT?? Editor] 

Their music features lots of violin and flute, some Mellotron as well as HACKETT-ish guitars (both acoustic and electric) and BANKS-ian keyboards. Lead singer Akihisa Nakamura, who often dons GABRIEL-esque masks and make-up on stage, has a rather pleasant high-pitched voice and not at all like Peter GABRIEL's. Their self-titled debut album is rather laid-back, somewhat like a mixture of CAMEL for the mellowness and WHITE WILLOW for its organic qualities. Female violinist Junko Minobe experiments with lots of styles here, including Celtic, classical and even a brief flurry of country fiddle. Much more jazzy, their second album "Stories of Luminous Garden" bears some clear UK influences. With its fusion-style violin, electric piano and new-wavy sequencers and drums, the music is energetic, almost bombastic, at times taking on arena rock proportions. Overall, their material never gets boring or predictable. A nice find if you can get your hands on these albums, which seem hard to come by outside of Japan.

For the life of me, I feel like I'm reading a review about something completely different, esp. with the references to Camel and Hackett.  I mean, it's hard to make prog in the old style since what it essentially was made up of was fierce creativity and originality and there's only so much of that to go around, isn't there? At least until the robot AIs start making art?  Then again when I hear a band that really is creative, like Grupo Ramo or Zopp I realize that humans can really generate surprising things if they just put their minds to it-- which the culture today of course dissuades from... Especially in music where the stupidest and simplest songs are typically what sell best.

What do others think?