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EMERGER

Carptree

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4 stars I discovered the duo Niclas Flinck and Carl Westholm with the album "Superhero" and I enjoyed it enough to continue following the band's music. The duo is playing with others musicians (No Future Orchestra). The music still has a Neo-Prog influence but there is more than that. And I think their sound have matured here with some emotional atmosphere and brilliant arrangments. The distinctive voice of Niclas is very intense and emotional as the music that contains a lot of symphonic tones. "Fleeting Deep" is a strong opener with his edgy prog with those nice keyboards lines. The band has the knack to create some strong melodies, the second track "Between Extremes" is another her good example and display some heavier guitar parts. "The River" stars innocently with some ambient atmosphere but after a break, the song succeeds to build an emotional crescendo. If you enjoyed beautiful songs filled with a little melancholic feel and music that is very melodic, you will enjoy this one.
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4 stars If Seals and Crofts were singers for a prog band, and they were trying to sound like a metal version of Genesis, that would be Carptree. I do like the formula of this album, the songs that seem to impress me most are "The Fleeting Deep", "The River", "Porous", and "Immersive Attention". The loud mellotrons, a bunch of really well produced and well engineered guitars. Everything on this album is very well mixed and well produced, the only problem is that half of the material found on the album isn't very compelling. The vocals have a clashing issue with the keyboards, I think it's the nasally tone of the vocals that cut through the keys which can make the sound quality degrade just a tiny bit. It is just a minor mixing issue in "Immersive Attention", other than that the album sounds very well recorded. "Ultimately Lifeless" is kind of a typical prog song, typical chord structure, typical song structure, and the lyrics aren't exactly unique. I do like the song but overall it's not great. "Between Extremes" is a great song as well, it's not among the best on the album. I think that the mix is great, the production is good here too. The songwriting is pretty good here, and the chord progression is grabbing to the ear. So I do think that this album is pretty good, but it's no masterpiece. Carptree is a good band but they are yet to release an album that I can give a 5 star review.
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