Monday, December 2, 2024

Beardfish - Songs for Beating Hearts (2024)

The ninth album from this band from Sweden.

The band was a quartet with a lineup of drums, bass, guitars, keyboards and vocals.

A female vocalist delivered vocals on one track.

This band is back after a nine years long break. They have really been missed as they are regarded as one of the better prog bands in Europe.

I have reviewed their albums in # 1 and # 2 of this blog and rated them highly.

The music here is an eclectic prog take on Scandinavian symphonic prog. You will find a lot of The Flower Kings in their music. Ditto for Gentle Giant too. There is also some The Tangent here (the band + Andy Tillison was once this band). 

The music is very complex and not so melodic. It still has some great melodic pieces.

The vocals is very good and the organ sound is great. Not all music here is great but there is a lot of great music here.

This is another must-have album from this band who never really disappoint the prog rock fans. Get this album.

3.5 points



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