GRIMSPOUND

Grimspound is the 10th studio album by UK's progressive rock act Big Big Train, featuring late David Longdon on lead vocals, flute, percussion, piano, guitars, mandolin, etc; Dave Gregory on acoustic and electric guitars; Andy Poole on keyboards and acoustic guitars; Danny Manners on keyboards and double bass; Rikard Sjöblom on guitars, keyboards and backing vocals; Rachel hall on strings (violin, viola, cello) and backing vocals; Greg Spawton on bass and backing vocals and Nick D'Virgilio on drums, percussion and backing vocals?OMG, what a cast of characters!

Every time I sit down to listen and review a BBT album it just gets harder and harder for me because their albums just become better and better, like a nonstop growing snowball that just accumulates layers and layers of musicianship, talent, memorable melodies, lessons learned, lessons taught, timeless songwriting, and incomparable cohesion between its members. A more than deserved follow up to the immense Folklore (2016), Grimpsound is the first of two masterpieces of albums released in 2017 (more about that in the near future), memorable but a little darker in the melody and lyrical content, with hooks so huge they could easily catch a whale.

Brave Captain, On The Racing Line, the title track Grimpsound, A Mead Hall in Winter? a group of songs that reach so deep inside the listener, sometimes symphonic, sometimes Neo, sometimes even Heavy at spots without abandoning the always expected playfulness they add to all of their work, beautiful when fully digested, and then it simply stays forever. Another mandatory listen to any Prog lover, enjoy!