The 18th album from this band from Great Britain.
The band was a seven pieces big band with a lineup of drums, percussion, bass, guitars, violin, grand piano, electric piano, organ, mellotron, moog, keyboards, synths, trumpet, piccolo trumpet and vocals.
This band does not really need any introduction as they are widely regarded as one of the best current prog rock bands in the scene. I have also reviewed all their albums in the previous editions of this blog.
The band visited the Munch Museum in Oslo last year and they became fascinated by some woodcuts in that museum. Hence the themes and the album title.
The music on this sixty-five minutes long album is a blend of neo-prog and symphonic prog.
The music is lush, symphonic and melodic. It also has a lot of details.
Their music also retain an undertone of folk rock. British folk rock in the vein of Strawbs.
There are any great songs here and this album is not one of their best albums. Nevertheless, this is still a very good album and one of the best albums of the year... so far.
3.5 points
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