Country: Norway
Genre(s): Progressive Rock Opera
Label: Apollon Records
Format: CD,digital,vinyl
Release date: March 22, 2024
Tracklist
1. Stay Cool (5:08)
2. The Enabler (9:01)
3. Protozoa (2:13)
4. Holy Motors (5:59)
5. Firestorm (7:37)
6. Jupiter (4:42)
Total Time 34:40
Credits
Mats Jørgen Sivertsen – vocals, keys, guitars and loops
Vegard Weyergang Vartdal – vocals, bass, guitar, synth and saxophone
Øyvind Rognerud – guitar, synth and rhodes
Paal Urdal – drums
Madeleine Ossum - First violins
Lotte Hellstrøm Hestad - Second violins
Heidi Johnstad Arnesen - Violas
Ingeborg Skomedal Torvanger - Cellos
Kjetil Jerve - Piano (5)
Jon Arild Stieng - Guitar solo (6)
Leon Muraglia - Additional synths, loops and guitars
All songs written and produced by Mats Jørgen Sivertsen.
Recorded by Nick Terry at Black Valley Studios in Oslo, May 2022, except strings and piano, which were recorded by Jørgen Smådal Larsen at Studio Paradiso in Oslo, March 2023.
Mixed by Nick Terry and mastered by Morten Lund.
Cover illustrations by Ted Parsons and sleeve design by Aktuba Ink.
Description/Reviews:
Through the two albums, listeners are presented with fragments of personal stories, in no apparent order, each offering distinct perspectives on the revolutionary events. In this first part, a group of rebels prepare for violence while the rich and powerful get ready to up-load their consciousness to the cloud. Later, murderous AI drones roam the streets and a high ranking official gets tried for a genocide. And still someone finds room to sing a song about love?
While the moods are less melancholy than they were on Mycelium Days, the stylistic range is still as wide as ever. Genre-wise the albums traverse everything from aggressive alt-rock, to wistful folk, 60s-inspired prog and dark, 90s-tinged electronica.
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