The second album from this band from Norway.
The band is an eight piece big band with a lineup of glockenspiel, drums, percussion, bass, guitars, mandolin, violin, viola, keyboards, electric organ, piano and vocals.
Their debut album was pretty good, A bit uneven but still acceptable.
Playing House sees the band being, and rightly so, signed by Karisma Records, one of the biggest indie companies around. A label with a great progressive rock roster.
Meer's music is more a blend of elegant pop and art-rock. A-Ha meets Marillion.
And that blend is what we get on Playing House.
The vocals are a mix of female and male vocals. They are both good and not at least.... lush. That also in line with the music on this album. The music is really lush and lively. It has a wide variety of tasteful instruments and the arrangements are really impressive.
The result is a good album. My only gripe is the lack of some really great pieces of music. But this is a very talented band, capable of becoming one of the great bands of our time.
3 points
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