AIMLESS MARY

For his third album, NEEDLEPOINT is moving towards more sung and more jazz music. Even if the song is more present, it still gives pride of place to the music. The title track "Aimless Mary" reminds me a lot of BeardFish, especially because of the voice of Bj'rn Klakegg and Gentle Giant structure. I also note a big influence of jazz, even jazzrock ' la Jeff Beck of Blow By Blow (or Il Volo with very doctored guitar sounds) as in the first piece entitled "fear". The compositions are always so dense, mellow and strange. David Wallumr'd has abandoned his Autoharp and focuses on the Clavinet and the Hammond organ. A new drummer joins the group: Olaf Olsen. With "Half Awake", he proves that he is not only there to accompany the music of Neddlepoint, even if he does it excellently. Finally, we find this kind of Laid Back Prog in the song "Why" which reminds me of JJ Cale, or Riders On The Storm of the Doors. Really cool blues. An Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection.