Sunday, January 19, 2025

Isbjörg - Falter, Endure (2024)

The second album from this band from Denmark.

The band was a sextet with a lineup of drums, bass, guitars, piano and vocals.

Their 2019 debut album Irisdecent was a good neo-prog album in the good old British neo-prog tradition. And I went to my first listening session of the follow up album Falter Endure in the belief that the band would continue with more of the same.

Wrong.

The British band Muse has been a big inspiration for this one hour long album. Add some Marillion (the Hogarth era), Queen, Porcupine Tree and some hints of Rush. 

The music is big, pomp and bold. It is also bordering to progressive metal at times and it has indeed some djent influences.

The music can be labeled as heavy prog. 

The vocals are mostly male vocals and they are good. There are also some female vocals here. There are indeed some male and female vocals duets and vocal harmonies on this album.

There are eleven songs here. None of them are particular long. Nevertheless, the music should be regarded as one piece of music and not a collection of eleven songs.

The music is at times not for the faint hearted. The quality of the songs leaves something to be desired. Nevertheless, this is another good album from this band and a proof that this band is very talented and has the ability to become one of the biggest band in Europe this decade. That with some better marketing and song writing. 

Check out both their albums.

3 points

 

 

 


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