Agusa - Högtid (2014)
Agusa's debut album is not one to shy
away from lengthy songs, achieving 45 minutes of music over the
course of just five songs. As you might guess, they pack quite a bit
of content into each of those tracks; this is a Swedish prog rock
band, after all. And they more than live up to what you might expect
out of Swedish prog, channeling the 1970s down through the ages and
their instruments to create something that hums with its own vitality
even as it walks the same paths as numerous predecessors.
The melodies and rhythms are complex,
noodling along with counter-point timing and jamming out
complementary keys under break-neck drum-fills, and while the vocals
are an infrequent occurrence, when they do slide in, it's done with
ideal timing and harmony. Though it's the group's first album, the
members have plenty of experience, having put time in with Kama Loka,
Hoofoot, and Sveriges Kommuner & Landsting. That experience
serves them well, as the song-writing is spectacularly ambitious,
never sitting still or losing momentum as it flies from section to
section.
~ Gabriel
For Fans Of; Änglagård,
Hot Cognition, Osibisa, Indukti, Jade Warrior
~
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