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BrufordFreak 
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 Topic: Norway's NeedlepointPosted: September 28 2021 at 19:25 |
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I've only just discovered this amazing retro psych-folk band from Norway. I am SO IN LOVE! I don't think I'll be listening to anything but their albums for the rest of the year, so see you guys in 2022!
I've been so nostalgic for the optimistic psych-love music of the 1967-1969 period--music that artists like IVY, WEST INDIAN GIRL, DUNGEN, THE AMAZING, BRIAN ELLIS, TAME IMPALA, MIDLIFE, STARVING DAUGHTERS, MAGIC BUS, and GHOSTS OF JUPITER seemed to be tapping into--but here it's been all the -time--at least for the past ten years--right under my nose! Anybody else feel like I do? Edited by BrufordFreak - September 28 2021 at 19:37 |
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Posted: September 28 2021 at 20:44 |
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Me too!!!, all their albums are great, perhaps my fav is Aimless Mary
Canterbury meets psych!!
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Posted: September 28 2021 at 22:15 |
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They had been on a long and winding road since being added in PA library but crazy good, who can avoid them?
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Posted: September 29 2021 at 01:22 |
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a great band, their last two albums especially I enjoyed a lot.
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Posted: September 29 2021 at 01:46 |
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Yes. So lovely. Not unlike the bands and artists of the vintage Canterbury Scene, their music radiate a comforting warmth. Don't we all need some of that every once in a while? I do think the two latest releases of theirs are the two strongest albums by them.
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Posted: September 29 2021 at 05:52 |
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What are they putting in Norway's water? Amazing stuff.
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Yes, I feel the same way too, having travelled in a fried-out Kombi, on a Hippie trail, head full of zombie, and listening to all four albums of flower-power retro-psychedelia by Magic Bus.
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Posted: September 29 2021 at 08:06 |
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I was told that these guys are definitely NOT Canterbury.
Huh? Great band but I keep hearing Caravan. And that's a good thing.
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Magic Bus are a Caravan painted in bright psychedelic colours.
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Posted: September 29 2021 at 14:06 |
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Though Needlepoint's bluesy origins remind me more of DUNGEN and Motorpsycho, their more recent maturation into more sophisticated weaves has been a delight to discover.
To my ears, Magic Bus has more of the true carefree upbeat quirky feel of the early Softs-Caravan-Khan-Hatfield sound--as well as a healthy injection of that 1960s California buzz. I left out mention of another great modern master of quirk and upbeat humor, HOMUNCULUS RES, but, hopefully, you've all been familiar with their magic since 2013. |
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Posted: September 29 2021 at 16:18 |
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^ Never heard anything of them, but I read your review of their latest album, thanks to this thread, and can only conclude that I have to listen to some of their work. Will do so. Thanks for the thumbs up!
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Posted: September 29 2021 at 18:18 |
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Amazing band! And superb live as well.
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My favorite part of the last album is 02:10 - 03:20 from "I offered you the moon". I think that sums up the vibe and tonality of Bjørn Klakegg's compositions.
Their sound is so brilliant. I hope I will make something as hip when I'm 50 years old.
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Homonculus Res is amazing. Nobody has a problem calling them Canterbury!!! Good call about Magic Bus!!! They're a lot of fun.
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Posted: September 30 2021 at 23:07 |
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I discovered them this year from some post on the forum, and I really like what they are doing. Walking Up That Valley has become one of my favorite albums this year so far.
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Posted: October 01 2021 at 02:26 |
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they're amazing but they're definitely not crossover prog
they sound absolutely nothing like for example: Fractal Mirror. the definition of crossover prog is:
but imo needlepoint has soooooo little connnection to popular music, that it doesn't count as crossover prog to me also Fractal Mirror is not prog. xD Edited by Hrychu - October 01 2021 at 02:26 |
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Posted: October 01 2021 at 05:57 |
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When someone says a band (especially a band listed on this site) isn't prog then the dominoes begin to fall and before too long very few bands are considered "prog."
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sometimes bands end up in crossover prog when they're bounced around because they don't fit or are moved from/to another team to be evaluated. I mockingly call these bands "leftover prog"  . Let's be glad Needlepoint are on PA. What category would you have them in?
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Posted: October 01 2021 at 06:08 |
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I'm not saying Fractal Mirror should be reconsidered. That was just my opinion.
As for Needlepoint, Prog Folk is more fitting IMO. Edited by Hrychu - October 01 2021 at 06:09 |
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Posted: October 01 2021 at 06:27 |
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I get it. I'm just saying you probably wouldn't consider a lot of bands on here to be prog then. Hey, it's cool. It took me a long time to think of the Moody Blues as prog. I think art rock is maybe a better term for many if not most of the crossover bands but imo art rock is part of the bigger prog umbrella anyway.
As for Needlepoint, I've only heard a little bit recently. They sounded retro but very good. I'll have to hear more.
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