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| zeitgeist | Jul 18 2011, 11:05 AM Post #1 |
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GUNGFLY Lamentations Progress Records 2011 ![]() Beardfish are a pretty good Swedish prog band, and Gungfly is a side project of Beardfish's Rikard Sjöblom. So I had high hopes for this release, where Sjöblom, on vocals, keyboards, guitars, basses and drums teams up with Rasmus Diamant, bass; Petter Diamant, drums; and Maja Sweden, on trumpet. And, way and hey, those hopes were fully realised. For sure, there are a lot of modern rock influences that might make hardened progsters choke on their real ale, as the shorter, punchier tunes have some shared reference points with the noises emitted by the likes of Foo Fighters. But as someone who loathes Foo Fighters, I can put your mind at ease, when I tell you that this is a thousand times better.* However, there is still plenty of prog on offer, so Beardfish fans can come out of hiding, and give this a go. The harder hitting tracks are the ones I liked best, with album opener, 'Bringing Down The Walls' grabbing you straight from the off. 'White Light' also doesn't hang around when it comes to rocking hard. The majority of the songs fall into the crossover category, and there is just as much for hard rock fans to enjoy, as there is for progsters. Elsewhere, there are some great melodies and harmonies on 'Peace At Mind' and 'In This House', but I suspect they stray too far from prog for a lot of people. With that in mind, I would point them towards the lengthy 'We Will Never Leave', which should keep them satisfied. Along with the record comes a DVD. It's all a bit lo-fi, but for a lot of people it will be the only chance to see the band in action, as the work their way through the tracks from the first Gungfly album, "Please Be Quiet". So, it's a nice addition, even if you may not watch it more than once. All in all though, it's an excellent package, with some really enjoyable classic rock / prog crossover. Buy CD From Amazon *this is an actual statistical fact, not a made up internet one. Edited by zeitgeist, Jul 18 2011, 11:06 AM.
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