The debut album from this band from France.
The band is a trio with a lineup of drums, bass, guitars and vocals.
Flutes, saxophones, additional drums and vocals were added to this album too.
The Scandinavian jazz/metal scene has given us some good bands and albums. The Elephant 9 albums springs to mind.
Keep that in mind when I tell you that I got Les Beaux Jours because some places has listed it as a heavy prog album.
Hmm.... Well, yes and no. Heavy prog as in power trios with the basic setup of drums, bass and guitars. No because there is heck of a lot of jazz in their music too. Jazz and space rock.
Baron Crane is therefore as a band sailing under the jazz x metal flag.
Then again, there is also a lot of Ange and French symphonic prog references and music here too. Parts of this album is really pastoral and gentle.
The music is very hard at times with some long, lingering and hard guitar solos. The rhythm section is meandering somewhere in the jazz landscape and the vocals is good and heavy.
A lot of the music is really dissonant too.
The result is also pretty outer space and space rock fans will really love this album.
This album sounds like a breathe of fresh air. The music is also very good and this is and album well worth checking out.
3.5 points
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