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Friday, March 26, 2021

Broers + Klazinga "Burdens Of The Mind"

Country: Netherlands
Genre(s): Symphonic, Neo-Prog
Label: Red Icon Recordings
Format: CD
Release date: March 26, 2021
Tracklist
1- Forever Alone (5:06)
2- Now That You're Gone (4:49)
3- Emerald Eyes (5:02)
4- Who Do We Think We Are (5:02)
5- Angel's Share (6:26)
6- Year Without a Summer (5:39)
7- Back To The Wall (4:19)
8- Fly Into the Night (4:27)
9- Hold On (5:11)
10- Burdens Of The Mind (10:49)
11- Karakas (5:57)
12- The End Of The Beginning (1:39)

Total Time 64:26

Line-up
Gerben Klazinga (Knight Area) - keyboards 
Jacob Broers - keyboards 
   With
Mark Smit (Knight Area) - vocals
Mark Bogert - lead guitar, add. guitars
Slava Syurin - lead guitar
Rata Kloppenburg - cello
Eke Simons - grand piano
Ronald Blok - lead guitar, add. guitar
Jeremy van Haastert - lead guitar, add. guitars, bass
Koen Oostendorp - rhythm guitars
Roel van Moll - drums
Vincent van den Bosch - lead guitar

Description/Reviews:
 In an interview ... Gerben Klazinga told us that his goal was to write an album which has the atmosphere of Knight Areas' 2004 album The Sun Also Rises...  
The album opens with the track Forever Alone. After a punchy keyboard/guitar intro the tracks continues in mid-tempo and when Mark Smit comes in it looks like he never was away. What a great voice. The track continues in a mid-tempo and has a lot of varied bridges and intermezzos. The layer of keyboards are overwhelming. Gerben Klazinga is responsible for all the other instruments. He is a multi-instrumentalist and for that I have great respect. Especially for the fact that you don't hear any difference in quality of playing. The tasteful guitar solo is played by Mark Bogert. The solo is very melodic and fits extremely well in the composition. The lyrics of this track tells a story of a man whose parents try to convince him that his woman is not the right one for him.

Read the full review by Aad Bannink at backgroundmagazine.nl

Media/Samples
Now That You're  Gone

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