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The sax solo at the end of La Lethe reminds of Supertramp. Not because saxophone equals Supertramp but there's something about the melody and the arrangement around it that feels like 1974 Supertramp. In a good way!
(btw their first and very unsuccessfull album with a different line up than the one of later fame is a lost pearl in the archives of hippiesk prog music. romantic, lush with rather restrained playing and therefore quite beautiful)
TDDU is record of the month in the monthly PDF zine "Guitars Galore" (German).
Seems like the Unicorn might be jazz after all :wink:
Now reviewed by All About Jazz.
One could imagine the boys beeing quite happy about this one.
Two more interviews from Adressa which they couldn't be bothered to publish on the net.
The first is from before the first concert and the second is from the day after.
For en mannj! As a young musician myself, i get so inspired everytime Bent comes with these wise words of truth. Especially the Townsend quote was very fitting. What a man, what a band!
Roughly translated:
"Pete Townsend once said: I'm proud to call myself an artist, any cunt can be an entertainer. The Norwegian language doesn't really separate one from the other. If you sing a couple of lines on TV2 (one of the Norwegian national TV channels), then you're considered an artist. It's an extremely arrogant thing to say, but also inspiring. You have to be slightly elitist to push enough for something to happen. You can't safe your way through this; you only get one chance."
I was extremely happy to read the end of the first article. They're writing new material; ranging from very concentrated things to the songs they did in Nidarosdomen and Oslo Domkirke. They feel that they have 2-3 more records worth of great material.
Good news. The songs from Nidaros and Oslo deserves release
that townsend/artist line can very much be brought into the MP-vocal debate. entertainers hit the right notes but artists focus on expressing themselves.
(yes i'm aware of the thousand examples that defy this simple statement but it's still a worthy thought)
My review of Death Defying Unicorn was published yesterday at All About Jazz: http://j.mp/zABM20
Enjoy!
Review in Dutch from a decent musicblog.
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