The debut album from this band from Norway.
The band is a quintet with a lineup of drums, percussion, glockenspiel, bass, guitars, mandolin, organ, piano, synths, keyboards, flute, electronics and vocals.
Four guests added backing vocals, mellotron, clavinet, organ, electric piano, synths and keyboards.
This band debuted twenty years ago on some festivals before life in general postponed any further activities. The band was more like a ghost in the scene than a real band during these twenty years as the members got involved in bands like Jordsjo, Samuel Jackson Five, Tusmorke and Wobbler. Then the members reunited again and made a strictly limited box (500 x) with three LPs.
This box is one of the most ambitious and eccentric projects og all time in Norwegian progressive rock. Perhaps also in the worldwide scene too. But thankfully, these three LPs has also been made available as single CDs and download albums through their Bandcamp site. That also means the second album will be released in some weeks time. The final album will be digitally released early next year.
In the meantime, the progressive rock scene is listening to this album.
The music takes us both back to the 1970s and the contemporary Scandinavian prog rock scene. Even the Italian progressive rock scene. There is indeed a lot of RPI in their music.
The music is a mix of progressive folk and symphonic prog. It is complex and bombastic. It is also pretty eclectic and it has a lot of good vocals, both male and female vocals.
There is also a lot of vintage organ and mellotron here. The guitars are mostly half-acoustic.
There is a lot of contrasts here. The contrasts between hard music and pastoral vocals is what makes this album into a very good album......... Although I get the feeling most other reviewers and fans will elevate this album to a classic album status. They may be right and I am pretty sure this album will be a hot topic when the Norwegian progressive rock scene will be debated in decades to come.
Check out this album.
3.5 points
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