Needlepoint - Remnants of Light CD
SKU
BJK 112 CD
Bjørn Klakegg : lead vocals, electric guitars, acoustic guitars (on #7 and #9), flute, fiddle, hurdy gurdy
Erlend Slettevoll : electric piano, hammond organ, clavinet, acoustic piano, prophet-5, arp odyssey, minimoog, backing vocals on #5
Nikolai Hængsle : electric bass, backing vocals, lead vocals (on #6), acoustic guitars (on #3, #5, #6 and #8), electric guitars (on #2, #5 and #6), glockenspiel, moog taurus, percussion
Ola Øverby : drums, congas, percussion, backing vocals on #5
with
Solveig Wang : clarinet on #7, backing vocals on #5
Ingrid Støylen Runde : backing vocals on #5
Camilla Brun : backing vocals on #5 and #6
This is the sixth studio album by Norway’s Needlepoint, who operate very much in the song arena of progressive rock. You can compare them to Caravan as another band who played progressive rock strongly centered on SONGS, but they don’t really sound like Caravan, just like Junipher Greene "Friendship" and Wigwam "Fairyport", two albums that (perhaps rightly) get compared to Caravan, don’t really sound like Caravan...
Like Sanguine Hum, another contemporary, SONG-centered progressive rock band, they are quietly GREAT.
The line-up has changed greatly with this new one, but they remain as good as they ever were! Recommended.
“Magnificent album! Probably the best from Needlepoint. In my book this is the best Rock band currently.”