Been listening to this for a couple of weeks and I'm surprised there's no thread here yet. Not as prog but better than the the last 2 Beardfish albums which have just come up short.
Been listening to this for a couple of weeks and I'm surprised there's no thread here yet. Not as prog but better than the the last 2 Beardfish albums which have just come up short.
He's an interesting guy - kind of a Mike Keneally Jr. Not as good a keyboard player or guitarist as Mike, but a better singer, and probably about as good a writer. And he has the same problem: music comes so easily to him that his work tends to be facile. He's got his own cliches, they're easily recognizable after a bit of listening, and he rarely manages to get out of them.
I have to disagree with you there, as Rikard is a monster on the Hammond B3. His style is different from Mike Keneally's, but I wouldn't say it's inferior. Keyboards are his primary instrument in Beardfish.
The Unbendable Sleep is quite good. It still definitely sounds like Rikard, but it's different from Beardfish in more than a few ways. Unfortunately, I can't say how it compares to Bootcut as I haven't heard any of that project yet...
Bootcut is just drums and organ as far as I know.
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The first Bootcut, Hammond vs. Drums, is an organ-drums duo. Correct.
The second Bootcut disc, De Fluff, features some additional players. (What, you didn't know there was a second?!)
Cyklonmannen is great as well.
I haven't checked out this one yet and also still need to buy Gungfly's second album..
HuGo"Very, very nice," said a man in the crowd,
When the golden voice appeared.
She was gold alright, but then so is rust.
"Such a shame about the beard."
Oh, and a new Bootcut is in the making as we speak
Finished actually IIRC and should be available on CD and LP soon?
HuGo"Very, very nice," said a man in the crowd,
When the golden voice appeared.
She was gold alright, but then so is rust.
"Such a shame about the beard."
Got this recently, been spinning it quite a bit, it's excellent IMO. He's a real natural! Always loved Beardfish.... I need to check out more of what he's done outside of the band...
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Good album but the last Beardfish sounded better I think.
Hit Lamentations a few times. Man there is some great stuff on that one! Rikard's voice sounds crazy good too.
Did you guys see this hip, new thread I started? I'm trying to listen to all of Beardfish and Gungfly!
https://www.progressiveears.org/foru...archid=6503860
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