Country: Sweden
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Virta (EU, NA), Disk Union (Japan)
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: April 10, 2015
Tracklist:
- Shooting Star - 10:10
- Get Out Alive - 07:32
- If It All Comes Down To You - 05:52
- Writing On The Wall - 09:03
- Until All The Ghosts Are Gone - 05:07
- Our Days Are Numbered - 08:36
Nicklas Barker: vocals, guitar, Mellotron, keyboards
Ann Sofi Dahlberg: Mellotron, keyboards
Jan Erik Liljestrom: bass
Peter Nordins: drum, percussion
With
Per Wiberg (ex-Opeth): organ
Theo Travis (King Crimson, Steven Wilson): flute
Marty Wilson (Piper of The Church, All About Eve): guitar
Gustav Nygren (New Rose): sax
Description/Review
An energetic start gives way to the elegiac ‘If It All Comes Down To You’. Flautist extraordinaire Theo Travis (Steven Wilson Band, Gong, The Tangent to name a few) adds an extra level of melodic and emotional intensity. His yearning solos beckon the other musicians on like a pied piper and they bring the track home in a devastatingly beautiful denouement.
The centrepiece and perhaps the highlight is ‘Writing On The Wall’. Its apocalyptic lyrics, an epitaph for a falling Babylon, seem autobiographical given the intervening years: “Knew we could not stay/Had to find a way to leave it all behind/Once we thought that we could have it all”. The first half is classic Anekdoten, ensemble playing creating a dense collage. The second half shows off where the band are now. Barker’s lead guitar comes again to the fore while greater use of space and interplay between the instruments creates a more dynamic sound than of yore.
Read the full review by Chris McGarel at echoesanddust.com
Media/Samples
Bandcamp
Get Out Alive
Links:
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