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EDIT: This concert has not been cancelled. The facebook link above goes to a page that states the concert has been cancelled, but Kjetil Møster has posted that it is still going ahead. For more details and to purchase access to the concert, follow this link:
@ Spacebandit – rather liking this Temple Fang album – reminds me quite a bit of Color Haze. Thanks for the recommendation.
It's fantastic to see these Child of the Future tracks making an appearance – I adore that album. I hope this is a prelude to them making it available on their Bandcamp page.
If the band could live stream some of the shows I'm sure there's a bunch of us willing to pay to watch from afar. Having said that, I don't know the costs involved in setting that up but hopefully it would be worth it.
I think that to a fair degree TAIO is an immediately more accessible album, making it easier for reviewers and even more casual listeners to get something out of in the first couple of spins, even while recognising that there's more to be gained from repeated listens. The last review Wulf posted, though, is perhaps the one that beautifully juxtaposes the album against the band's historical output and as a consequence is less glowing, more critical, and ultimately more balanced – although I do think the reviewer might have one foot too firmly planted in the past.
Personally I absolutely fucking love the album. The Black Box tracks are a wonderful display of breezy but tight and yet not simple rock – somewhere between The Tower and Phanerothyme (IMHO), while the Kommun' tracks provide a sweet yet somehow also sour taste of melancholic folk à la Feel or Sungravy. And then NOX just sends me off on the most glorious trip of spacey psychedelic jazz heaviness. My opinion may change in years to come, when I can look back with some distance from the moment, but right now it stands as my favourite track of the band's entire output. TAIO is not my favourite album though – it has its weaknesses which, to my mind, rest entirely with sides A and D. But hey, it all comes down to personal teaste so who cares on that front. I am happy to see the band getting good reviews and maybe pulling in a few more listeners – although they may be losing a few too. I imagine it has ever been thus.
@Bartok. Oh you tease. :wink:
