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Showing posts with label Soup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Soup. Show all posts

Friday, November 19, 2021

Soup "Visions"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Atmospheric Art Rock, Post Rock, Progressive Rock
Label: Glassville Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: November 19, 2021
Tracklist
1. Burning Bridges (15:02)
2. Crystalline (7:02)
3. Skins Pt. 1 (1:19)
4. Kingdom of Color (9:11)
5. Skins Pts. 2-3 (7:23)

Total Time 39:57

Line-up
Espen Berge - drums
Ørjan J Langnes - guitars
Jan Tore Megård - bass
Øystein Megård - guitars
Erlend Aastad Viken - vocals, keys, guitars
   With
Giant Sky Orchestra conducted by Liv Brox
Liv Brox: Violins
Ivan Ushakov: Flutes 
Emil Emilson Holmesland: Trumpet 

Media/Samples
Bandcamp (from release date)
Kingdom Of Color (excerpt)

Friday, June 4, 2021

Giant Sky "Giant Sky"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Atmospheric Art Rock, Post Rock, Progressive Rock
Label: Glassville Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: June 4, 2021 (CD, digital), October 2021 (vinyl)
Tracklist
1. The Further We Go The Deeper It Gets Pt. 1-6 (12:04) 
2. Broken Stone (9:45) 
3. Interlude (I Don't Know What You Think Of Me But It's Wrong) (1:31) 
4. No Cancelling This (5:47) 
5. Out Of Swords (8:42) 
6. The Further We Go The Deeper It Gets Pt. 7 (2:54) 
7. Breaking Patterns (7:55) 

Total Time 48:38

Line-up
Eav aka Erlend Viken (Soup) - various instruments, vocals
Erlend Aastad - drums
Ivan Ushakov - flutes
Liv Brox - viola
Vegard Lien Bjerkan - church organ
Sturla Fagerli Larsen - various percussion, vocals (4), backing vocals (2,5)
Myrtoula Røe - vocals (1,5)
Marina Skanche - vocals (4,6)
Charlotte Stav - vocals (1,2,7)
Espen Berge (Soup) - drums (1,2)
Sverre Leraand - drums (1)

Description/Reviews:
Erlend, through Soup, typically makes explosive, crescendo-based progressive rock with indie trappings. With Giant Sky, he is making music that is more pensive. Yes, many of the songs have energy and maybe even some edge, but many are more ambient, electronic, and ethereal in tone. The project has the label “alternative art rock”, but I feel like more is happening here.
Read the full review by Jason Spencer at theprogmind.com

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

Links:
Web page
Facebook
Progarchives
Proggnosis

Friday, April 7, 2017

Soup "Remedies"


Country: Norway
Genre(s): Atmospheric Art Rock, Post Rock, Progressive Rock
Label: Crispin Glover Records (SOUP2CGR073)
Format: vinyl+CD, digital
Release date: April 7, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Going Somewhere (8:13)
2. The Boy And The Snow (11:32)
3. Audion (2:07)
4. Sleepers (13:35)
5. Nothing Like Home (6:43)

Total time 42:10

Line-up: 
Erlend Aastad Viken - Vocals, keyboards & samples
Ørjan Saur - Guitars
Jan Tore Megård - Bass
Espen Berge - Percussion

Description/Reviews: 
A self-described “musical journey”, the album’s 5 songs are mostly long pieces, full of melancholy, melody and stunning beauty. Listeners will hear traditional Soup elements as well as new psychedelic and progressive jams borrowing heavily from their predecessors in the 1970s.
Media/Samples 
Stream
Trailer

Links:
Web page
Facebook
Progarchives
Proggnosis

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Soup "The Beauty Of Our Youth"


Country: Norway
Sub Genre: Post Rock, Art Rock, Pop
Label: Aspén
Release date: September 27, 2013
Tracklist: 
1. The Spirit Lodge (6:21)
2. Our Common Ground (4:14)
3. This Place Is A Dream (3:43)
4. Transient Days (5:05)
5. Memoirs Of An Imaginary Friend (6:41)
6. Loralyn (And The River Lady Within) (7:04)
7. Clandestine Eyes (8:14)
8. A Life Well Lived (7:32)

Line-up: 
Erlend Aastad Viken - Vocals, keyboards & samples
Ørjan Langnes - Guitars
Jan Tore Megård - Bass
Thomas Nyborg - Drums