Ha, my personal hero Peter Hammill mixed this. As I like the calm music of Mr. Bowness anyways this extra bonus made it easy to grab this new collaboration, which, of course, in itself justified the purchase if calm art rock is your thing... ;-) Carsten Pieper
Lead guitarist for Neo-Prog band, Airbag, has released this solo recording, and as expected, there is plenty of guitar goodness all through it. He brings in other musicians to fill out the band, as well as being joined at times by a female vocalist. The lyrics are thoughtful and often mournful, with a wealth of dynamic tension and release, musically. It becomes more striking with each listen, as, deceptively, there is much to ponder here. Nickie Harte Kelly
This Calgary group makes goth-y post-punk attired in the brightly colorful arrangements of bleep-boop synthesized psychedelia. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 3, 2024
Madrid's Caliza creates intricately sound-designed ambient art pop addressing the climate crisis on this striking new LP. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 23, 2021
A whole album on such bright topics such as suicide and mental health issues? I've always been claiming, that the sad songs always are the best, but you really have to be in the mood to delve into this one...
If you are, it's another great OAK album, again revealing the band members different backgrounds/influences (prog, folk, metal, goth, art rock, ...).
And Simen Valldal Johannessen is an impressive, versatile vocalist! Carsten Pieper