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WHITE RAINBOW

Mostly Autumn

 

Prog Folk

4.05 | 181 ratings

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Theo Verstrael
5 stars Losing a band member is always a terrible shock. After having suffered the deaths of many of their parents, leading to stunning songs like Heroes Never Die, The Gap Is Too Wide and Questioning Eyes, Brian Josh and his bandmates were confronted in 2018 with the untimely and sudden death of Liam Davison, guitarist of the band since their origin. Liam was the quiet guy in the band, always in the background, doing what he had to do but, having witnessed him with the band numerous times, with a great sense of humour. In reaction they recorded this new studio album which easily ranks amongst their best, without doubt. Apparently this tragedy was an inspiration to compose some emotional songs that are all connected to their friend, such as Viking Funeral and the title track. With their former album Sight And Day Mostly Album regained their strength as prog band after the disappointing Dressed In Voices, with this album they formly establish themselves again as one of the better prog bands nowadays. The vocals by Olivia Spannern are simply incredible, as are the vocals by Brian Josh himself by the way (he's not the best vocalist but on this album really sings his heart out), the band plays tight, the songs are emotional but in music and in lyrics. The songs show a wide variety of moods, in built-up and pace without sounding incoherent. And as a very fitting tribute they included a Liam Davison song on the second cd, Eternally Yours that was released on his first and only solo cd, A Treasure Of Well-set Jewels. It can only be hoped that they don't need another trsagedy to record another great album like this.
Theo Verstrael | 5/5 |

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