The debut album from this band from Great Britain.
The band was a quintet with a lineup of drums, xylophone, bass, guitars, violin, harmonica, harmonium, recorder, keyboards, saxophone, clarinet, flute and vocals.
A handful of guests added bass, piano, keyboards, trumpet and vocals.
This band released three albums before the mainman Kavus Torabi joined Guapo and Gong. Knifeworld was therefore put on ice. If that is a permanent closure of this band or just a long break, I do not know. I got their first two albums and they are both up for review this month.
The music on this fifthy minutes long album is a mix of post-punk and Canterbury scene prog.
The vocals is a mix of female, male and duets. They are all good.
The music is a bit dissonant at times and has a mix of these two genres. The woodwinds gives it a good Canterbury scene sound.
The music is both linear at times and bit more quirky where it takes some unexpected turns. When it enters some Gentle Giant'ish roundabouts, this album becomes a good album. The problem is that this is not often enough.
This is therefore a pretty good debut album and one to check out if quirky music is what you are looking for.
2.5 points
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