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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Catcher10 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 21 2019 at 14:25
2-LP set.........where do I sign up!!!!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote richardh Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 21 2019 at 21:52
Coming to London in December and with Kayak in support. That is really interesting to me (more so than the double LP). 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote miamiscot Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2019 at 13:41
Man, some US dates would sure be a pleasant surprise. I'm not holding my breath though. I've never seen Roine live and that needs to be corrected.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Ghost Whistler Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2019 at 15:25
Can't wait for the new album. 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote rushfan4 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2019 at 07:51
Hasse Froberg's Musical Companion released Parallel Life today.  I'm giving it a listen on the evil Spotify and it sounds really good.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote miamiscot Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2019 at 09:35
I need to order that Hasse Froberg album. Love the first three!!!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote richardh Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2019 at 23:42
my tickets for the London gig came through yesterday. Looking forward to seeing them again after about 18 years! Also Kayak as the support band could not be more perfect.
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The new single, "Black Flag" is excellent. It sounds like a nice mix between the modern TFK's sound and their earlier stuff. Really good omen.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Catcher10 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 16 2019 at 09:34
Pre-ordered the blue 2-LP vinyl set w/signed card.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote infandous Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 16 2019 at 11:22
Originally posted by miamiscot miamiscot wrote:

I need to order that Hasse Froberg album. Love the first three!!!


I have the first one and I never really cared for it.  I should probably pull it out again though, as I don't know that I gave it that many listens.  While I usually love his voice in the Flower Kings, I find that his voice can grate on me when he gets all "hard rock" with his singing.  This is something that seems to have gotten worse over time, as I can't think of a single thing on the early TFK albums (I'm thinking up through Sum) where his voice bothered me much at all (aside from the a couple times where he lays on the cheese rather thickly).
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote infandous Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 17 2019 at 09:11
Originally posted by miamiscot miamiscot wrote:

Man, some US dates would sure be a pleasant surprise. I'm not holding my breath though. I've never seen Roine live and that needs to be corrected.


Yeah, no USA dates listed with their upcoming tour, all Europe.  I get the impression that Roine is done with the USA.  He used to loose upwards of $10,000 on every tour he did here in the states, and now with more strict, expensive, and time consuming visa requirements, I very much doubt he will ever play here again.  Canada seems to be the closest place we will get.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Barbu Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 17 2019 at 20:06
Saw them in their heyday (unfold) so I'm okay with that, another live album would be gladly welcome though.
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I am loving the new Hasse Fröberg Musical Companion album. I don't think the vocals are that bad although you can tell it's an aging voice. Black Flag is ok but it definitely has to grow on me.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote BrufordFreak Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2019 at 18:15
Anybody else feeling nostalgic for TFK as they listen to new MODERN-ROCK ENSEMBLE album? (esp. the last two songs.) 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Barbu Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2019 at 18:45
My Retropolis obsession have returned (repeat mode)...superbe album.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote miamiscot Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 19 2019 at 08:45
Originally posted by Hrychu Hrychu wrote:

I am loving the new Hasse Fröberg Musical Companion album. I don't think the vocals are that bad although you can tell it's an aging voice. Black Flag is ok but it definitely has to grow on me.

Just got Parallel Life. Wow!!! Love it.
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Originally posted by Barbu Barbu wrote:

My Retropolis obsession have returned (repeat mode)...superbe album.


Still my favorite FK album.
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^ Number four for me, just behind the usual suspects.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote infandous Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 26 2019 at 10:24
Stumbled across this interview with Hasse Froberg today:

http://www.societyforritualarts.com/coreopsis/autumn-2019-issue/interview-hasse-froberg-of-the-flower-kings

Most interesting quote is this (for us USA folks anyway):

"And from what I understand there’s even negotiations about bringing TFK to the US again next year, so there’s definitely stuff in the pipeline."

Let's hope this happens!!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote zumacraig Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2019 at 09:24
Can't really get into the new single. Sounds like something off of Desolation, which I also found to be pretty hard after Banks.

As far as a USA tour goes, Roine needs to do a Kickstarter for it. Maybe start a Patreon page for TFK. I'm sure there are more than enough folks out there that would chip in.

I like the music on the HFMC albums. Always some cool synth stuff. Need to get this new one. As always, can't keep up at all. Which I guess is a good thing. New Opeth is awesome!!
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