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@Krist: I’ve been looking for your thoughts on Yay! I’d be interested to read them. I note that not many people are expressing a view.
That’s true about the pre-Tomas Begynelser extracts, annoyingly absent from the record, but what Tomas added to the AA versions was immense.
I think it is difficult to be precise, as tracks from two of the albums were not necessarily being made with a particular album in mind, while the other came out of a specific project. Without doing my research on this one, weren’t tracks on Kingdom of Oblivion and Yay! drawn from a period that overlapped with the Gullvåg Trilogy years, with Yay! tracks in particular being more a product of the COVID times? Maybe Ancient Astronauts came last, and, if so, would be a fitting way for Tomas to sign off.
Someone else will give you a better answer, but that is my vague understanding.
I’m very sorry for anyone who has lost out financially, but it turns out that this postponement might have worked well for me, at least. Circumstances would have dictated that I could not have attended any show at this time. Now I have to hope things will have changed by the time of the rearranged dates. I am intrigued to know who the drummer(s) will be when those dates come around!
A warmish YouTube review from Notes Reviews. He likes their proggiest stuff. (Someone tell him how to pronounce ‘Daedalus’.)
I don’t get why there’s not more love for Kingdom of Oblivion. It’s a great album!
@thetfordblue: Ouch! I feel your pain!
I know they lose money when they come to the UK – and that problem predates Brexit. The English Channel probably has something to do with it. They tour here for love, not money. However, money is tight at their level in the business (hate calling it that), and it is probably getting tighter. Tomas is on record as describing his lamentable, financial state of affairs. I suspect the paucity of support on these shores hardly helps the situation. If only we could get across to more British people. So many who would love them are missing out and they just don’t know it.
Still, having said all that, the announcement does cite “unforeseen circumstances”, whereas the foregoing is always foreseeable. There does appear to be a will to fulfil these dates, so let’s remain hopeful. These things often work out for the best anyway – sometimes in unforeseen ways!
