HANG ON TO THAT KITE

Very enjoyable release from this young Norwegian band. There are a lot of Canterbury elements to their music, and their vocalist has a warm, rich, unique voice.

The first song "Echoes" has a lot of tempo changes and is jazzy for the most part with sax and organ. The pastoral passages feature guitar and vocals. Check out the "Abacab" moment in this one as well. "Tiny Lights" , "Too Few Feet" and "Long Shot" are all good songs, especially the latter. Again the vocals are great. The lyrics don't make a lot of sense on any of the songs either. "Red Words" is a slower paced song that is really well done. I can just get lost in this song, it's beautiful.

"Charlie" is an uptempo instrumental with lots of guitar. Great tune. "At Shore" is my favourite as an acoustic guitar provides the melody in this melancholic, slow moving tune.The vocals are as usual terrific and there is some cello towards the end. "Peeping Tom" has some Fripp-like guitars in the intro, and they come and go throughout the song. Some good piano melodies as well. The final song "The Dogfather Has Entered the Lift" is a jazzy instrumental with some beautiful sax.

Such a great sounding band with that strong Scandanavian flavoure.This is a band to keep an eye on in the future and this release is easy to recommend.