SHELTER

'A New Home' goes rock with a touch of 80's King Crimson for a lively, slightly hypnotic melody; more alternative rock. 'Shelter' with Tim's imprint for fruity air, a pinch of Xtc; austere, oriental, languorous air; the dark variation sets off on crescendic melancholy with an explosive finale bordering on the orgasm of 1001 nights. 'Roots Go Deep' follows by offering the solemn anthem where the melody can recall the atheist-sounding Anglagard and the slimy Hammond; the guitar solo by Anders Buaas which leans towards hard music becoming aggressive; the folk wind instrument, the cello, the Tullian flute from The Windmill; the oppressive finale, a major piece. 'In You' wanders to the tunes of Dead Can Dance with a contemplative atmosphere; old-time, slightly hushed sound from Robert Wyatt; suddenly the melody becomes haunting, heavy, on an ersatz Sabbathian and the heady riff and the fat synth. 'Waterfall' with ethereal piano, notes that flow, spleen guitar for the airy, contemplative and magnificent interlude.

'Sticks and Stones' riff from beyond the grave, heavy, evil and this tune which will suddenly pass over a bucolic psychedelic land; the keyboard favors the wadded-up Floydian memory; the intimate bass on a 'Grand Bleu'; Jan's guitar is what brings this consensual title up, allowing for an atmospheric finale. 'Radio' flirts with an intimate piece from Anathema on acoustic guitar; vintage bucolic air scratching on the psyche, dreamlike sensation of hearing a sound from yesteryear and getting lost in its meanders. 'The Flood' with heavy riff, harsh air, a deluge; of the King Crimson of 2020, if they had continued; Tim's typical voice for No-Man's progressive drift; latency, waiting, anachronistic spatial air, jazzy piano to wake up from this Floydian languor. The spleen trumpet finale is overwhelming in its simplicity and creativity. 'Memories' as a bonus (Cd only) in piano and voice facsimile as the actual finale of the previous track, soft, evanescent, ethereal.

Pieces that seem to have been created in the great outdoors, the kind that protects us from stressful society; a dark and mystical aura, a black and crystalline ambiance; a mixed opus with good and very good, predictable classics and spaces for intense reflection. Originally on Progcensor.