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AN ORDINARY NIGHT IN MY ORDINARY LIFE

Tomas Bodin

 

Symphonic Prog

3.22 | 70 ratings

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ZowieZiggy
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3 stars This debut album from Tomas Bodin is at times different from TFK's output even if the line-up for this work almost consists of the TFK gang.

The music available is of course much more keyboards oriented and no vocals are available. Most of the time, this album features atmospheric music (Into The Dreamscape), even spacey sounds (Spacebike). Some classical passages are nicely combined with the usual guitar breaks (The Ballerina) and some upbeat parts are also featured in this track which are welcome.

As a counterpart, the church organ oriented Daddy In The Clouds conveys a sad and peaceful atmosphere. Still, it isn't my cup of tea. The jazzy aspects from TFK is not forgotten either; but I can't consider Speed Wizard as a great track. Business as usual I would say.

The middle part of this album is weaker: once I reach An Ordinary Nightmare., I usually press the magic key (next) to avoid it in order to reach the melodic In The Land. that will bring you into the TFK world once again.

The closing number is more bombastic and not far away from neo actually, at least during the first movement. The rest of the song is in-line with some of the tracks from An Ordinary Night In My Ordinary Life: ambient and aerial music but with a definite TFK feeling this time. The good guitar work from Roine is of course not alien to this fact.

It ends up though as most songs from this album: in a quiet and soft mood which can lead you to nicely fall asleep as suggests the cover artwork. This album is tranquil and pleasant for most of it. Not necessarily brilliant, but good.

Three stars.

ZowieZiggy | 3/5 |

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