Saturday, November 11, 2023

Karnataka - Requiem for a Dream (2023)

The sixth album from this band from Great Britain.

The band is now reduced to a duo with a lineup of bass, acoustic guitars, keyboards, piano, programming and vocals.

The band has support from some guests who has added drums, percussion, guitars, uilleann pipes, whistles and keyboards.

I am pretty sure I have reviewed all their albums up to this album as this is a band I am pretty much following. Not because I am a big fan but because this is an important band in their niche of the neo-prog genre.

Well, there is not much neo-prog here. I would rather label it as celtic folk rock and musicals influenced crossover progressive rock. This genre was more or less started by Mostly Autumn and Karnataka has, successfully, also joined them in this genre. 

 The album is clocking in at eighty minutes. It is dominated by Ms Sertari's vocals. The album only have female vocals and vocal harmonies. Her vocals is supported by some mid tempo to pastoral slow elegant music.

The quality is good throughout and this makes this a delightful album. It is not a classic album. Nevertheless, this is a rather pleasing album and one who will find many happy owners.

3 points




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