Flower Kings Appreciation Thread

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 miamiscot wrote:

Roine Stolt, known as the guitarist, singer, writer and at times band leader of the groups The Flower Kings, Transatlantic, AGENTS OF MERCY, Kaipa DC, as well as from his work with prog icon Jon Anderson
 and the new super-group The Sea Within, is releasing a new album on the
 23rd November 2018. Under the moniker ROINE STOLT’S THE FLOWER KING, 
’Manifesto Of An Alchemist’ offers 10 songs and almost 70 minutes of 
playing time celebrating the style Roine is most revered for: 
progressive rock, richly orchestrated with all the trademark elements 
from four decades of the genre.
 Roine comments: “Unlike many 
later albums, where recordings have continued over months, this new 
album has been a fairly quick and effective affair - we started tracking
 in Holland at the beginning of July and mix was done by mid-August! The
 songs are written in a very ‘unorthodox’ way - some melodic content and
 some riffs are ideas that have been circulating for years - some may 
even be from before the first TFK album - they just hadn’t found a home 
in any of the bands/albums I did in the last 15 years yet.”

‘Manifesto Of An Alchemist’ is a celebration of all the styles that have
 been part of the colourful, daring and dynamic songwriting and 
arrangements that Roine masters like no other, yet also offers a more 
immediate, more hands on approach. “Like that first TFK album, I’m the 
main lead vocalist here again - it works as these lyrics are important 
to me and resonate with my view of the world. A lot of the guitar work 
is actually my spontaneous ‘demo’ guitars” and that goes for much of the
 synth work, too. I didn’t want to ‘process’ ideas too much as there is 
much power in the initial creation - I wanted to keep it that way.”

 The album features a host of other musicians, including long-time 
collaborators Jonas Reingold, Hasse Froberg & Michael Stolt, as well
 as fellow The Sea Within member Marco Minnemann, Max Lorentz, Zach 
Kamins, Rob Townsend & Nad Sylvan.
 ‘Manifesto Of An Alchemist’ features stunning artwork from Shaun Beyond (https://www.instagram.com/shaunbeyond/),
 and will arrive as a limited edition CD digipak, Gatefold 180g 2LP + CD
 & as digital download. You can find the full track-listing below:
 1. Rainsong
 2. Lost America
 3. Ze Pawns
 4. High Road
 5. Rio Grande
 6. Next To A Hurricane
 7. The Alchemist
 8. Baby Angels
 9. Six Thirty Wake-Up
 10. The Spell Of Money