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General => General Music Discussion => Topic started by: The Noob on August 26, 2009, 05:13:50 PM
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I'm listening to The Sane Day for the first time right now, and I must say it's a shame it isn't as recognized as their Sleeping in Traffic albums. I love how they incorporate retro influences into their electic brand of prog rock; also a fair dose of humor never hurts. I still haven't listened to their new one yet (which I'm aware there's a thread about here), or their debut.
So let's discuss, shall we?
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I haven't listened to any of their stuff outside of Sleeping In Traffic and their new one. But I love these guys. Such a shame they couldn't play PN09
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How is DS anyway? How does it compare to SIT?
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My general run down of their discography would be as follows...
SiT2>SiT1>TSD=DS~Debut
The debut is so damn hard to rate because it's just tough to compare since it's mostly in Swedish.
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I've only got Sleeping In Traffic 1 and the new one right now, but I'm really digging the new one A LOT!
I really hope I get to see them one day.
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I liked this band when I first started listening to them after the announcement they were supposed to be on Progressive Nation. Just recently though they really clicked for me, especially Sleeping in Traffic: Part Two. Such a fantastic album. I can't get enough of the title track and South of the Border. I really hope they get to do a US tour sometime since they couldn't do Progressive Nation.
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Damn, they had to cancel 2 gigs again... They were supposed to play pROCKfest in Germany (a 2 day festival with Beardfish as the headliner on Saturday), but the tickets sales in advance were too low (about 70 tickets for both days). With the money from that festival, they did plan to do one more gig in Holland.
Oh well, that's a bad year for this awesome band... :sad:
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Finally decided to check into this band and I'm liking what I hear! There's a highly improvisational feel to their compositions.
Holy crap, is that accordian I hear? :lol
These guys may just get included in my next haul. :)
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Will be seeing them again live - supporting Pain Of Salvation in October. I LOVE that band!! Some (crappy) pics from earlier this year: https://entertainment.webshots.com/album/577063248icmHCV
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This band is a must listen. Pick a cd and listen to it multiple times. You'll need to soak it all in.
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I'm going to see them open for POS in a month
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I really wish they would come to the US. :-\
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Beardfish are absolutely amazing. I own SiT2, but I've also heard DS and SiT1. I was obsessed with SiT2 for the longest time, and still spin it often enough.
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I've got SiT2 but I've never listened to it. I'm going to give it a listen while I've got time to spare and get back to you.
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I'm halfway through 'South of the Border' now. WHY did I not listen to this before? It's awesome!
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South of the Border :heart
If the title track wasn't so amazing that would definitely be my favorite song on the album.
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I've got that to come :D I'm currently loving this funky keyboardy thing in Cashflow
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You've inspired to to listen to the album. It's been a while! This should be fun. :D
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Sleeping in Traffic 2 is just phenomenal.
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Part 1 is pretty damn good too, but it can't touch Part 2.
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:lol The pirate bit!
:lol The Bee Gees!!
This is brilliant!
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Ok so I'm completely addicted to SiT2, what should I get next?
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SiT1
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Ok so I'm completely addicted to SiT2, what should I get next?
My next step was Destined Solitaire, the SIT1.
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Seeing them in about a months time! Can't wait! ;D
I've only heard SIT pt2 and Destined Solitaire. What can i expect for a setlist? Do they play a lot of stuff from the first two albums?
Im guessing i will get both those albums before the concert though.. Just checking :)
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(https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs782.snc4/66200_1668436914901_1356663486_31821837_8357455_n.jpg)
Me with Beardfish at Prog Résiste - although some head seems to be exploding. :biggrin:
Some more: https://entertainment.webshots.com/album/578766605FOgWjd
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Oh, if I remember correctly, the setlist included Destined Solitaire, The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of, Harmony and 2 songs from the upcoming album (release next March). But I'll ask on their facebook page.
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Reminds me of the Lightbulb Sun cover art :tup
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SEEING THEM TONIGHT!!! ;D
Cant wait! I've been on a total Beardfish-binge the last couple of weeks. It's a long time since i've been so excited about a concert. Hell yeah!!
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I wish they would tour the US some. :-\
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Rikard posted some comments on their tour:
We’re back home! It feels kinda strange actually and it was tough leaving the tour bus to go sleep at a small hotel in Andernach in the south of Germany this Saturday. That is, instead of opening a new beer and start chatting away with one of the other fifteen wonderful dudes on the tourbus. Touring with Pain of Salvation has been f*ckin’ great! I can’t really put it any other way..
14/10 - 2010
It was the first time I met any of the guys in PoS, but David and Magnus had met a couple of the guys before (on the afterparty for Progressive Nation '09 to be precise). We went to Eskilstuna, or were driven actually by a friend of ours, with our gear and merchandise and stuff. We met up at Balsta Musikslott where the big red bus from the german company Red Car was parked and I phoned Daniel to ask them when they'd be there. He was still at home, but he called the sound and light engineers Alfred and Barni who showed up shortly after that to help us load the stuff into the trailer. PoS had been on a couple of dates in Scandinavia prior to this so they already had their stuff in the trailer, which was jam packed, so there wasn't much space left for us to put the stuff in. Somehow Alfred and Barni managed to get it all in there though! After that we stepped inside the bus and checked it out for a bit. We'd travelled with Red Car before, on the 2008 tour with The Tangent and Ritual, but this bus was slightly bigger and with a better lounge on the second floor. We decided to sit down, have a beer (thanks Barni!) and wait for PoS. Pretty soon they showed up, with their girlfriends/wives and children. We said Hi and all that and pretty soon the bus was rolling out of Eskilstuna towards Hamburg...
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15/10 – 2010
Hamburg, Germany
The first gig was at Markthalle in Hamburg and it was a big place. Looked a bit like a very dirty swimmingpool, with steps leading down to a rectangular space. My voice had been sort of crappy for a long period so I thought the gig went a little so-so, but I think we played pretty well actually. It was the first time I heard PoS live that night as well (I am almost ashamed to say) and they were great! Their music really comes alive on stage, they have a lot of energy and Daniel is an amazing singer.
I don't really remember what songs we played that night, but I know we played "Awaken the sleeping", "The Hunter" and "Destined Solitaire", and I think we played "Without You" and a new one called "Green Waves" as well. What I don't remember is which song we had in the middle, could have been "Until You Comply", cause that's the set we played a whole lot of nights on this tour (we were practicing for a film recording of the show, at De Boerderij in Zoetermeer, Holland).
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16/10 - 2010
Zeche in Bochum, Germany. A very nice venue actully and the catering was awesome. About ten meters of food on two tables.. And that was breakfast! Dinner was another sucess, with a whole lot of different grub to fill our empty stomachs with!
The set this evening could have started with "Into the Night" coz I know we played it, but I think we actually started with "Awaken" and "The Hunter" and then played "Destined", then "Into the Night", after that we may have played "Harmony" actually, but I'm not sure! I'm not too good at remembering this, should have written it down! It's strange though, coz I think we finished the set with "Without You" and "Green Waves once again... but that wouldn't have worked with all these songs.. Anyway, until someone disagrees with me, I'm gonna say that we did big_smile
Or was this the night when we skipped "Without You", because we ran out of time...?
...Could we have skipped "Awaken" for "Into the Night"?? We might have actually. Then it would have been:
Into the night
The Hunter
Destined Solitaire
Harmony
Rou.. Ah, to hell with this!
Another funny thing was that as soon as we'd finished playing the show we had to clear the stage and leave, because the club was having a disco! Really strange..
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17/10 – 2010
Uden, Holland
Back in Uden at De Pul. We'd been here before, in 2008. When we came to the place in the morning.. ehmm.. mid day somewhere.. OK, when we woke up! Anyway, when we were loading the gear there was still some sort of LAN party in the venue with some young kids and their computers. They looked pumped up on Jolt Cola and candy so we left them alone and started to rig the stage. Let me explain that a whole big portion of the day consists of sitting around when you're on tour, and while we were doing just this our manager Rock and his girlfriend came by (they live in Holland) and visited. They couldn't stay for the show but we went for a walk and discussed some stuff regarding the recording we were gonna do in Zoetermeer, since Rock is the one who arranged that.
We all like Holland and I had actually forgotten what a nice place De Pul is, I really like it! We played a very good show IMO, probably one of the best on this tour actually! I think it was basically the same setlist as the first night. I had been drinking nothing but water the entire day and I noticed that my voice was feeling much better thanks to it and the other guys were on fire!
We all started to gain some favourites among PoS's songs as well. My personal favourite was, and probably still is "The Perfect Element".
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18/10 – 2010
Aschaffenburg, Germany
In Aschaffenburg we played at Colos-saal, we’d never been there before with Beardfish but we actually had a gig booked there earlier in 2010 which was cancelled. Nice venue, both Robert and I appreciated that you could smoke in the lounge upstairs
In this place they had big posters of people’s faces on the walls and two of these were of guys we’d met before – the singer/guitarist and guitarist of Lazuli, Dominique Leonetti and Gédéric Byar! Kind of fun actually, and they’re both good looking guys so I understand why they were photographed for this wall of fame
We did the town, to some extent, as well. We had some time so we found a record store where I bought a t-shirt and a used copy of the DVD “Willow” – don’t judge me, I like adventure movies ok!
Magnus bought two Procul Harum re-issues and an album by Kran, don’t think the other guys bought anything though. We met up with the guys from PoS at a music store (filled with terrified personnel who carefully scrutinized every step we took!) where Daniel bought a Fender Telecaster which he then used throughout the tour on selected tracks.
The gig went well, I think.. For some reason I have pretty vague memories of this night, I mostly recall things that happened during the day! I think we played the standard set this night as well.
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19/10 – 2010
Paris, France
Our night in Paris… hmm, well it was strange! At La scene Bastille the staff were not all that helpful and since we had a French person in the group we also overheard them talking about the shitty backstage area and laughing behind our backs about how the hot water would only last for one person… Nice!
My guitar died a couple of times during “Green Waves” this night, in fact it had done so the night before as well come to think of it.. (Turned out later at Z7 in Switzerland that it was just the cable going from the guitar to the pedal board that had given up!).
The gig went well, then we did our usual drinking binge for a couple of hours while listening to PoS and smoking too many cigarettes. Then when we jumped in the bus to leave Paris a strange thing happened: the narrow streets turned out to be a little bit too narrow for our big bus, so by a street corner, 100 meters from the venue we got stuck for about half an hour! There we were, 16 people and a busdriver named Andre, trying to get this bus through an incredibly narrow passage and going back and forth, Andre steering with all wheels possible while we stood outside trying to guide him using the rearview mirrors, with no help from the drunken people standing beside us on the street (man there were a lot of people out that night and they were not happy that we’d blocked the street!). Cars were honking, people were yelling, one old fart stood there screaming the same thing over and over again, apparently he was saying “just move it” or something.. yeah, well – do it yourself if it seems that easy! By this time the police had shown up and were trying to guide traffic and help us out. Anyway, it ended up with us having to push the damn trailer a couple of blocks down, past the venue again, onto a slightly wider street where we could hook it on to the bus (which had followed us back on the street) again and leave! We celebrated with McDonalds on a street corner (Royal TS anyone??) and we were all quite proud of ourselves that we’d managed to solve the situation! All in all I think it brought us closer together, haha!
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20-21/10 – 2010
Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland! We were here in 2008 with Tangent and Ritual and I remembered it as one of the best places I’ve ever played. Excellent staff, good PA, good monitor guy and to top it off: fantastic catering! Mmm…
Well, we came here on the 20th and the concert was on the 21st so we had a day off. What to do? We visited IKEA, being Swedes and all. The strangest thing in that place (coz naturally we ate lunch, or breakfast rather, there) was that they served fries with the meatballs… HELLO!! Crazy people, cooked potatoes is the shit, ok! In protest I asked for steamed veggies with my meatballs instead. After a few days on the road you can’t stand all the fried food anymore. We bought some beer at a local supermarket and then resided to the bus where we drank it all up
The next day it was concert day! Now, Z7 is a big place. It almost looks like an old flight hangar or something and I think they take well over 1000 people, probably 1500. The stage is big and the sound is good, lots of lights as well. We played a good show I think.. I remember “Destined…” being extra good this night, something about the general metal vibe of that place made us go. And I think my growling part was extra brutal that night actually. We had a lot of Beardfish fans present this evening, it was evident while on stage but we got proof of it afterwards as well. They came up to the merch stand and talked to us and of course many of them wanted autographs and pictures and stuff and we always think that’s fun so we had a good time. PoS did a jam session during their encore, with Daniel on drums and Leo nowhere to be seen. Then all of a sudden the music breaks down into a nice 6/8 ballad and he comes on stage to sing “Nights in white satin”! He did it very good and we all cheered him on from our vantage point behind the merchandise stand. I was sober this night by the way… This means it was actually very good, haha!
Excellent showers at Z7 as well.
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22/10 – 2010
Milan, Italy
Milan was new to us. We’ve been in Italy before, but that time we played in a town called Vogheera in the middle of nowhere (very nice tiramisu btw). This time it was, as I mentioned, in Milan. PoS and Zoltan (the tour manager) had talked about the fact that if we wanted to sell merchandise the venue wanted 25% plus VAT of what we sold for. What the hell? We said that this sounded completely nuts to us. Well, it didn’t turn out that way. When we came to the place we were told that we couldn’t sell merchandise at all (since we hadn’t signed any contract or so, I guess) but instead the venue had their own stuff to sell. Hmmm… Sounds pretty illegal. We were so pissed off by this but we couldn’t do anything about it. The police didn’t care apparently. Anyway, we opened up shop outside the bus, standing in the doorway with the whole lounge filled with merch, asking people what they wanted.. it was crazy, haha! I heard someone asking for Beardfish merch and I hadn’t taken anything into the lounge. “I heard that” I shouted and grabbed the keys to the loading compartment, jumped out of the bus, opened the door and started a shop of my own. Sold quite well in only a few minutes actually
What about the concert then? Well, it was great actually! The fact is that we were still soundchecking when they let the crowd in (the promoter actually apologized for this later on, and for a lot of other things, including the merch situation. Also, the people who worked in the venue were in fact very nice to us and the pizza was good!) so we had a whole bunch of people running towards the stage in the middle of “one-two-one-two… testing, testing…” and a guy behind us (the stage manager) yelling “Go!! Start playing!!”. Crazy! So I explained the situation to the youngsters in the audience before we ripped into a very aggressive version of “Awaken the Sleeping”. In fact I fed of the anger I felt over this gig and spewed it out on the audience… in the form of wonderful, heavy and angry progrock!
Oh, and we hadn’t found a way to get home yet either. We talked about renting a bus in Hamburg (where PoS were changing the bus before going to England), drive to Sweden and leave it there. I talked to Thomas Waber, our record labels executive and he said he’d check it out. Good.
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23-24/10 – 2010
Budapest, Hungary
We came to Budapest in the early afternoon of the 23rd with a day off ahead of us. PoS checked into a hotel but Beardfish decided that we could stay in the bus for the day (as long as we had some toilets available nearby, haha) so the driver dropped them off at the hotel and then took us to some venue (apparently Budapest’s biggest concert arena) where he parked the bus and then we looked up a McDonalds nearby, using our biological McRadars
Then Robert, Jonte (Oh, I haven’t introduced him, have I? Jonte came along to help us out on the tour and also to work as a stage hand for PoS. A very nice guy, indeed) and I stayed in the bus all day long, drinking beer while watching movies. David and Magnus went downtown to check it out and they came back good and drunk later in the evening and we watched some more movies.
The next day we were at the venue when I awoke. The venue was… a… boat! OK, cool! A38 is the name of this place and I must say that it’s probably one of the coolest venues I’ve seen. A big boat where they arrange concerts. They’ve kept the interior (and probably even increased the feeling of a ship with various details such as a big engine in the middle of the dining room) and the actual concert hall was really nice! This place had the same vibe as Z7 when it came to the crowd, coz there were actually a whole lot of Beardfish fans present. I talked for a long while after the show with a couple of them and they were very nice. Our show was really good this evening, probably my favourite of the entire tour actually. We played “The Summit” from The Sane Day as the last song and it felt great playing that one (first time in five years!). We also played “Into the Night” if I’m not mistaken. All in all, I really liked Budapest and I hope we’ll play that ship again one day!
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25/10 – 2010
Bratislava, Slovakia
Well, Bratislava was an exciting place as well. Majestic is a big ol’ metal venue as far as I can tell. Zoltan was electrocuted by the powered shower and had pain in his left arm and shoulder the rest of the day. Pretty big place actually and they had these big raisers on each side of the stage (where Daniel and Johan stood in the last song of PoS’s set). We tried to rock it out as much as possible and I think we did a good gig. We played “The Platform” from the upcoming album as well, which was fun! Cigarettes were really cheap there.
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26/10 – 2010
We woke up in Prague, Czech Republic. Man what a nice city! We actually spent most of the day walking through town, which was really pleasant. When we came back to the venue we just checked the sound, had dinner and then we played the show, which was excellent btw!
We still hadn’t heard anything regarding the journey back home.
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27/10 – 2010
Day off in Leipzig, Germany. Well, we did the town with Beardfish minus Mr. Hansen plus Mr. Gildenlöw! Walked around in stores all day, ended up in an absintheria.. Ooops! Absinth is strong stuff and I’m not particularly fond of it so I had a beer. We all shared one called Chateu Cannabis though. Then we had to go back to the bus only to find out that it wouldn’t leave for a couple of hours later, so we went to an Indian restaurant and had dinner.
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28/10 – 2010
De Boerderij in Zoetermeer, Holland is a very nice place where we’ve been a couple of times prior to this tour. The staff is f*ckin’ awesome and our manager (who IS dutch AND was there btw) thinks it’s the best venue in Holland. He had arranged for this show to be filmed, as I mentioned earlier, and he had also rented a hard drive recorder for the sound so we recorded the entire show (also played a bit longer this evening, about an hour I think). If it’s good enough we’ll use it!
This day we also found out that Thomas had arranged a bus from Hamburg, yay! We also found out that the current bus won’t be going to Hamburg, what the f*ck!!! So back to emailing (on my iPhone…grrrr!!) with Thomas. I asked him if we could pick the bus up in Andernach (the final gig) instead with the same deal. Two hours later I received an email saying it was OK. YEEEEES!!!
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29/10 – 2010
Back in Belgium for the second time in October (we played the ProgResisté Convention at the Spirit of 66 a couple of weeks earlier), but this time in Louvain-la-neuve – apparently a city built in the 60’s for students, kind of cool huh? Absolutely one of the best venues on the tour! An old farm house with lots of wooden interior and stuff, really cool.. We played a very good show and got to hang around with some people that we’d met in Belgium before, several people actually! It was a very nice evening. Also promised two persons that we were gonna do “A Love Story” from The Sane Day on the next gig, coz they were coming there too. My initial thoughts were “Jeeez, haven’t played it in several years and I don’t know the lyrics!”
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30/10 – 2010
Andernach, Germany
Andernach, the final day of the tour for Beardfish. This town was pretty small and we had a hard time figuring out how people would first of all want to go here, and second how they were gonna find it! But they came! Quite many, at that.. We decided that we should do something together on the show with both bands, but we never said what… haha! More later..
When we started playing this set we started with “Destined Solitaire” for the first time, ever! It felt like a great opener for the show (and it also got some people nervous.. no no, not the audience, haha!) instead of “Awaken the Sleeping” which we’d opened with throughout the tour. After that Magnus fell into the drum groove of “The Hunter”, but he thought it sounded a bit strange although the rest of us didn’t notice a thing. He looked back and saw Leo behind his drumkit, playing along with him! I continued presenting the fishes as I usually do in “The Hunter” and when I came to Robert I saw some hands sticking out underneath Leo’s drum riser.. So it turned into “Robert Hansen on bass!! …and Pain of Salvation, obviously…”! Yes, indeed it was. They crawled out from underneath the riser, Daniel carrying a big bag of candy which he ripped open and then started throwing its content into the (very) enthusiastic crowd. He landed a bunch of em on my keyboards as well (It’s alright, I forgive you Daniel). It was all great fun and we played the rest of our show with big stupid grins all over our faces!
When we were finished and came off the stage, we were met by the PoS guys and Daniel handed me the lyrics to “Aquarius” from Hair. “Let’s go up and do this together” he said. Well, nobody knew the song all that well, but we’d been listening to the album on the bus almost every night of the tour so we went for it. Daniel and Magnus on drums, Per on organ, Robert on bass, Fredrik played keys, Johan played guitar, David played guitar, Leo played roto toms, and I sang lead and played guitar! It turned into some kind of jam session but we managed to get through the song in a somewhat decent version.. Or maybe not! But it was all in good fun.
When PoS played “Nights in white satin” we ran on stage in the final chorus and sang with them, all four of us – so that was our big stage rape, quite mellow.. We had plans to incorporate the end of “Kingdom of Loss” into “A Love Story” during our own set, but we felt it was a bit too much since they were gonna play it themselves.
Later that night, when everything was over and we’d cleared the stage and so on, we had a big farewell party in the bus. PoS was going to England to support Apocalyptica for a couple of shows and we were going home. Everyone was happy and we were of course listening to the Hair soundtrack, screaming our lungs out to the chorus of “let the sunshine in” (sorry Andre, hope you could sleep!).. It was tough leaving the bus, but we had to catch a couple of hours of shut eye to be able to drive the 20 hours back home the next day. So we hugged it out and then we said goodbye and walked away.
The drive back home went well, apparently. We left Andernach at 11 o’clock in the morning and we rolled into Gävle around 7 in the morning the next day. Magnus left his jacket, with keys and drivers licence and credit card on a gas station somewhere outside of Hamburg. Other than that, it went OK.
This tour was awesome.
Tomorrow we're going to Trondheim in Norway to headline a festival. Great!
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Last show was killer!! :metal
Such a great live-band, and i got to speak to all the guys after the show. Really cool! :biggrin:
Setlist:
Awaken The Sleeping
The Hunter
Destined Solitaire
The Summit
Until You Comply
Without You
New Song (He didn't present it, but i think it was called The Platform)
Roulette
Encore:
The Reason Of Constructing and/or Building a Pyramide
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aurorablind: Nice probably seeing you! I was there too -I was the one with the same t-shirt on as Rikard (which he commented on on stage... :blush )
Always nice when excellent concerts are held in walking distance from home.
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Getting into this band quite a bit lately. Only have listened to SiT1 but I don't even want to listen to anything else yet lol.
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Getting into this band quite a bit lately. Only have listened to SiT1 but I don't even want to listen to anything else yet lol.
Get SiT2... NOW.
Oh and I don't think I've stated here how much I love their newest album. It's really growing on me
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Haha I listened to you and now I am being blown away by the title track.
dat disco
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i got SiT pt 1 this week and ive listened to it twice. I like what i hear, and i think a few more spins, and i'll love the album. Im hoping to get part 2, and then DS. After that, if I like them enough, i'll check out the first 2 albums.
New Beardfish fan, right here.
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Haha I listened to you and now I am being blown away by the title track.
dat disco
dat pirate
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"South of the Border" is so awesome.
EDIT: This band is like a cross of Genesis/Yes and Frank Zappa. Such interesting musical sections.
EDIT2: Sorry for all the edits, but I don't want to triple post.. But anyway, the only thing I really don't like about this band is that sometimes their vocal melodies are just kind of like, really out there. Songs like "Afternoon Conversation" and some of the middle sections of "Roulette" just have really lame or completely unfitting vocal melodies. I think it's due in part to the fact that they're so melismatic and there's a note change on every single syllable.
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I just picked up Sleeping in Traffic Part one for $8 without even knowing a thing about this band. I have not listened to it yet. :tup
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You won't regret it!
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You won't regret it!
Cool. Hopefully will give it a spin tonight.
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I just picked up Sleeping in Traffic Part one for $8 without even knowing a thing about this band. I have not listened to it yet. :tup
I need to get this. I have Part II and Destined Solitaire, which I love but I need to get into the back catolog.
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I've heard both SiT's and I think I prefer the first one, although the title track of 2 is the best song of theirs I've heard.
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I've heard both SiT's and I think I prefer the first one, although the title track of 2 is the best song of theirs I've heard.
The disco bit is genius!
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i think SiT pt 1 is friggin awesome! part 2 sounds even more awesome. i cant wait to get it
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"South of the Border" is so awesome.
Fucking THIS!
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ive got Sleeping In Traffic I & II, both are absolutely amazing, 2 of the best additions to my collection. I recently got Destined Solitaire and am actually on my 3rd listen right now. Much heavier, but a lot to digest. I wont know which is the best till i listen to DS a little more.
I dont have the first 2 albums, how are they?
Is anyone else excited for the new album Mammoth?
i heard it comes out March 8, but then i also heard it comes out March 30. Anyone know for sure?
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pretty sure march 30th, and yes, stoked as fuck.
...that'll give you enough time to digest the hell outta destined solitaire before you can spin the new one...i was already blown away by the sleeping in traffic's when DS came out...and personally, i think they outdid the previous two albums.
as for the first two, i reckon i dont like em as much, but to be fair, i havent given them enough of a chance yet
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yea DS is starting to really grow on me. Ill probably check out the first 2 albums sometime after Mammoth comes out.
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BUMP!
Okay, so I'd heard a few songs from these guys when they were supposed to be touring with DT but just finally got around to getting an album (Mammoth- only $6 new at the store for some reason ???) and I fucking love it so far! So very groovy. Reminded me a lot of The Flower Kings... and there is definitely some Zappa in there, which of course turns me on. I actually originally went to the store to get ADTOE and looked around a bit, which I'm glad I did because so far this album is definitely overshadowing the former...
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Great to hear Jackie, now you NEED to buy Sleeping in Traffic Pt. 2. (and then Pt. 1)
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I will. Eventually. I am overloaded with new music, mang.
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Jackie, very true about the Zappa influence.
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Yeah, I really dig it. Lovin' that sax...
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I really want to see these guys live someday.
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Fo sho!
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Mammoth is the shit. 2nd best album of theirs just behind SIT2
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I really want to see these guys live someday.
They were soooo much fun live at NEARfest.
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I really want to see these guys live someday.
They were soooo much fun live at NEARfest.
I believe it. The live DVD that came with Mammoth is great and I watch it every once in a while.
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Seeing these guys on Tuesday, CAN NOT WAIT! They were so fantastic at NEARfest a few years ago.
I'll also be interviewing the band, so if you would like to suggest any questions, now would be the time.
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Been on a mini-Beardfish kick lately.
I should have bought Mammoth at the show last week but was so impressed with The Tea Club, I bought their CD instead (which I like quite a bit too.)
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Been on a mini-Beardfish kick lately.
I should have bought Mammoth at the show last week but was so impressed with The Tea Club, I bought their CD instead (which I like quite a bit too.)
If there is one thing that show prep showed me, it's that while I still think DS is their weakest since the debut, it's still a damn fine album. I'd have to check to see what I rated it when I reviewed it, but it's probably too low.
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rikard and myself are the only people in abigail's universe that view DS as their magnum opus. as well written and performed as the other works, but far more ambitious, and containing all the bells n whistles.
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If you liked the heaviness of DS I think you'll be in for a treat come the 7th album.
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rikard and myself are the only people in abigail's universe that view DS as their magnum opus. as well written and performed as the other works, but far more ambitious, and containing all the bells n whistles.
You might have something there...
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^ that its their magnum opus, or that rikard and myself are the only one's who think so? ...little need to answer, i'll assume the latter.
If you liked the heaviness of DS I think you'll be in for a treat come the 7th album.
i never really thought about it, but ya, i guess it had those heavier moments than its predecessors. i think i just saw it as a bit more 'everything' than their previous output.
when Mammoth was released, i think i kinda viewed it as their heavy album with its increased % of rocking out...but now that i'm thinking about it, i guess youre right, Destined Solitaire IS probably heavier.
so the new album's gonna be heavier than Mammoth?! i musta zoned out or something when i checked out your interview (cool stuff, btw, even if i zoned out a bit). i was under the impression from a Rikard interview some months back that the new album would more stuff along the same lines as Mammoth...i mighta jumped to conclusions hearing that the writing was once again mostly a group effort (as was Mammoth) rather than the mostly-written-by-Rikard efforts of the past.
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I can only judge by the two tracks they played live, but I'd say it's going to be their heaviest yet if they are any indication. I personally think Mammoth is their best, tied with SiT2, so I just hope they keep up that level of awesome.
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i have complete faith in its awesomeness, no matter what direction they take things.
but nick, youre building my excitement way too soon :corn im gonna run out of popcorn before august.
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I know this discussion is going to be amongst all of four people, but...
And the Stone Said > Sleeping in Traffic.
Discuss.
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I own Sleeping In Traffic Part 1, Destined Solitaire and Mammoth. SIT1 and DS are fun albums on the whole. "And The Stone Said..." is a kickass song, but I don't really like the rest of Mammoth.
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hrrmm. well, for the past circa15 months, i would pretty much always choose to spin "and the stone said..." if i had to pick between the two. now, even if i liked SIT better, this woulda made sense 13-15 months ago as ATSS... was super fresh and i was spinning/learning the album like 90. but even now that ATSS... has had a couple hundred spins to its name, it isnt so fresh, and i know the songs equally well, i would go with ATSS..., even though its darker and conveys fewer moods ( aka, is a little more linear). as much as i love SIT, and even though it has some quirk and kinda runs the gamut, the song kinda wore thin on me a while ago. i'm sure i'll get into it plenty if its playing, but i rarely feel pumped to put it on.
also, ATSS... is my favorite song off Mammoth. also also, i find it nearly impossible to not play air drums when its on.
man, i just put in some BTBAM, but i'm all of a sudden in the mood to hit eject and throw in Mammoth.
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I know this discussion is going to be amongst all of four people, but...
And the Stone Said > Sleeping in Traffic.
Discuss.
Not even close.
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I know this discussion is going to be amongst all of four people, but...
And the Stone Said > Sleeping in Traffic.
Discuss.
I kind of have to agree with you. I mean, SIT is amazing! But its like 40 minutes long, so i find myself listening to ATSS a lot more. ATSS is probably their best composed prog-epic to date.
I love the "But there's blood gushing out of the cracks and fissures"-melody. Its just brilliantly composed! I allways feel like they're modulating between every round they're playing, but they really not. Rikard is such an amazing composer :heart
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From: https://www.insideoutmusic.com/newsdetailed.aspx?IdNews=11649&IdCompany=8 (https://www.insideoutmusic.com/newsdetailed.aspx?IdNews=11649&IdCompany=8)
BEARDFISH: REVEAL COVER ARTWORK AND TRACKLIST OF THEIR NEW ALBUM + ANNOUNCE TOUR IN FALL SUPPORTING FLYING COLOURS
Only about 1 ½ years after the release of their last record "Mammoth", Beardfish are now back with a new masterpiece. "The Void" will be released on August 27th 2012 in Europe and on August 28th 2012 in the US via InsideOutMusic. It is darker, heavier and in some parts it even has a bit of a metal edge to it, while still incorporating all that Beardfish and their typical warm retro-sound stand for.
The band comments: "We went full-on with this one... We've had some trouble in the past to convey our live energy on the studio albums. This is the one that shines through, I think! It's an album about loss. It's about love. It celebrates both life and death and the struggle in between to heal the wounds that don't show and to actually take the step to move forward in life. We've been waiting to share these songs with all of you for a while now and we, Beardfish, are really proud to present to you 'The Void'"
(https://www.insideoutmusic.com/media/news/large/634774835969671025.jpg)
Track Listing:
1 Intro (by Andy Tillison)
2 Voluntary Slavery
3 Turn To Gravel
4 They Whisper
5 This Matter Of Mine
6 Seventeen Again
7 Ludvig & Sverker
8 He Already Lives In You
9 Note
I. Note
II. Descending
III. The Void
IV. Note (reprise)
10 Where The Lights Are Low
Bonus Track:
11 Ludvig & Sverker Solo Piano Version
Beardfish will be suuporting Supergroup Flying Colors in September so you'll have the chance to witness their amazing energy live on stage. Here are the dates:
Tourdates (in support of Flying Colors):
September 9th - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
September10th - Berlin, Germany - C-Club
September 11th - Munich, Germany - Theaterfabrik
September 13th - Milan, Italy - Alcatraz
September 14th - Zurich, Switzerland - Volkshaus
September 15th - Stuttgart, Germany - Zapata
September 16th - Aschaffenburg, Germany - Colos-Saal
September 17th - Cologne, Germany - Gloria
September 19th - Paris, France - Le Trianon
September 20th - Tilburg, Holland - 013
September 21st - London, England - Shepherd's Bush Empire
Line Up:
Rikard Sjöblom - vocals, keyboards
David Zackrinsson - guitars
Robert Hansen - bass
Magnus Östgren - drums
Discography:
Fran En Plats Du Ej Kan Se (2003)
The Sane Day (2006)
Sleeping In Traffic: Part One (2007)
Sleeping In Traffic: Part Two (2008)
Destined Solitaire (2009)
Mammoth (2011)
The Void (2012)
Keep your eyes and ears open for more info!
BEARDFISH Online:
https://www.beardfishband.com
https://www.facebook.com/beardfish
https://www.myspace.com/beardfishband
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In b4 people bitch about PT cover likeness.
Really excited for this, Mammoth was excellent.
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Oh yeah!! Me too!!
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Woo-hoo! :metal
And while that cover art isn't "bad", I do feel most of the other album's art was better. But whatevs.
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In b4 people bitch about PT cover likeness.
didnt even think of the ptree likeness...but i DID think that the cover was disappointing :-\ surely the music will not also disappoint.
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The cover is quite simply very un-Beardfish like.
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Fuck, a new album already, and in only a little over a month, incredible. Mammoth was amazing.
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Mammoth kicked ass. I hope this lives up to my expectations.
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Hopefully they will come back to the US next year...
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Having played Prog Day, NJ ProgHouse, and NEARfest I think it's a good bet that even if it's not next year, RoSfest will probably grab them at some point.
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Not big on the cover art, but new Beardfish will be an auto-buy in August.
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I got the album in my inbox two days ago and have put a couple listens in, but am having a wicked busy week so I don't think I'll get out a timely review. I just wanted to say that what stood out most about this album was the bands ability to stay fresh. There are some sides of Beardfish on this album that I really don't think we've heard yet, and I think people will at least appreciate that.
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Regarding the cover: conversation on the Beardfish FB page (answer by Beardfish):
Pumped to hear the new album, but I'm disappointed by the art, especially after Mammoths awesome cover.
Hopefully you'll like the music and then you might find the reason we had for choosing this particular cover! Because there's always a reason :)
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A couple of people at Prog Archives have gotten promotional copies, and have been saying good things. I'm starting to get excited about the new album. Less than 2 weeks 'til it comes out ;D
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edit: review deleted after being publicly told off by the mod. :)
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A must have for me!
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Picking this up tomorrow. My local shop has had it since Thursday!
Just out of curiosity, how long is new album?
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around 65 minutes
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review
In the future, please post the long proper reviews in the review section, and then you can link to them in the threads here, thanks. :)
In similar news, I'll also have a review there soon of this album as I got off my lazy ass and finally wrote it.
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Holy crap how did I not know about this...
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review
In the future, please post the long proper reviews in the review section, and then you can link to them in the threads here, thanks. :)
ok :blush
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Listening to the album now. I'm on He Already Lives In You. I'm not really sure what to think. I really liked Seventeen Again and Ludvig & Sverker but I think this will need more listens before I can properly judge it.
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I think I like this a lot more than Mammoth. For some reason I could never get into Mammoth.
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My review here: https://www.wpapu.com/rev068.html
And also in the review section. :)
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i cant believe how disappointed i was after my first spin...if i can even call it my first spib; i stopped it after track 7 and threw in some Banks of Eden. tracks 4 and 6 seemed like that hd promise and that i'll eventually for sure get into them...but the other 4 'songs' really werent doing it for me.
also listened to a few tracks of new alanis...enjoyed it more inthat at least i wasnt feeling let down.
i'm actually trying to work up the courage to try it again. im scared of my level of disappoint. it'll win me over, right?! scarediwontlikeitemoticon
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i cant believe how disappointed i was after my first spin...if i can even call it my first spib; i stopped it after track 7 and threw in some Banks of Eden. tracks 4 and 6 seemed like that hd promise and that i'll eventually for sure get into them...but the other 4 'songs' really werent doing it for me.
also listened to a few tracks of new alanis...enjoyed it more inthat at least i wasnt feeling let down.
i'm actually trying to work up the courage to try it again. im scared of my level of disappoint. it'll win me over, right?! scarediwontlikeitemoticon
I came here to mention that I'm on my 4th listen of The Void, and it's starting to grow on me. I was kinda disappointed on the first listen too, except for Ludvig & Sverker which I liked right away (and the bonus piano version even more). The only thing I'm not getting is the epic "Note". It just seems to be there, for 16 minutes. But epics take time to appreciate so we'll see.
The band really upped the riffage and 'metal' in their sound, at least for the first 4 tracks (not including the introduction). But they still write great melodies. I didn't expect such a departure in their sound for those early tracks, but like I said, it's been growing on me.
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Gave it another listen today and its grown on me. I like the second half of the album much more than the first. My favorites are still Seventeen Again and Ludvig & Sverker but I liked Note a lot more this time.
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i really wanna read nick's review, but i also dont wanna rely on his words to help me get into the album (wanna force it on myself), so i'll give it a few more listens first. im coming around that theres some decent stuff on there, but i'm still feeling the disappoint on both the direction and the songwriting.
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i really wanna read nick's review, but i also dont wanna rely on his words to help me get into the album (wanna force it on myself), so i'll give it a few more listens first. im coming around that theres some decent stuff on there, but i'm still feeling the disappoint on both the direction and the songwriting.
It makes me happy that this comment is based on the premise I actually know what I'm talking about! Clearly you haven't been paying attention! :lol
But I hear ya on that. Personally I only read reviews of albums I'm unsure on. There is stuff I know I won't buy regardless of reviews, and there is stuff I'll buy pretty much no matter what people say, and if I have an album I like to make my own opinions before incorporating others into it.
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its weird. sometimes i'll love a band/album/song then i'll read a bunch of negativity towards it, on this forum for example, and i'll actually start questioning how much i like the band/album/song (or even whether or not i like it much at all :omg:) (okay, thats a bit of an exaggeration. but only a bit, thats the messed up part).
and at the same time, i feel like reading a very positive review (no idea how you feel about the album yet) can help me come around on something im questioning. not that thats a bad thing, but for a band i love as much as beardfish, i wanna be able to find the positives in something im questioning without needing someone else to do it for me.
but yeah, aside from all that, i believe ive already expressed my :corn towards nick reviews, even if ive only ever read a few.
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ive accumulated enough time with the album to read nick's review. wish me luck.
(mostly enjoying everything 'cept the first two tracks songs still).
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I'm on my first listen now. On track 3 and I'm already enjoying this way more than Mammoth.
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Beardfish have got this fun video diary of the Flying Colors tour.
The first three episodes are mostly in swedish, but they decided to try to speak english for the most time for the rest of the episodes.
Here´s part 9 for ya: (Tilburg) https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tkEIfZ-vPT8
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Yeah, I followed that diary. Great guys! :tup
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https://www.wpapu.com/sounds/BF2014-02-19HoldOn.mp3
New song from Prog Nation at Sea. Two more coming soon.
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New song
https://prog.teamrock.com/news/2014-12-03/beardfish-premiere-hold-on
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Thanks for the link. I will need a few more listens to form an opinion on the song. It took me a while to like the Mammoth cd. I loved The Void on the first listen. What can I say about Sleeping in Traffic 1 and 2. Both of these are great! For some reason I cannot get into Destined Solitude. I need to give it a few more spins.
Would love to see these guys here in the US.
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I liked the song!
One of my favourite concerts of all time was seeing Beardfish live in Trondheim in 2010. It was like 50-100 people in the club, and everybody got to chat with the band after the show.
Great bunch of guys, and really cool to see one of my favourite bands in such an intimate setting!
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New album up on Spotify!
Listened through the first couple of songs and i REALLY like it so far. :tup
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New album up on Spotify!
Not for me :(
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Thanks for the news!
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I had forgotten about this, but on the cruise they had the whole audience boo for them at one point, myself included. They said they were going to use the audio on the next album and they did indeed, during Ode to the Rock'n'Roller
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Now it's up for me on Spotify. Listening right now.
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The cd is growing on me. I have listened a few times at work on youtube. Will have to say, they sure do have a lot of variety in the recordings. After the more 'hard' Void cd(which I thought was great), they return to more of what most folks like about them.
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Finally bought it. Just took the album out of the bag and... is the album art intentionally this pixel-y? Because the band logo and album title are pixelated too, and they look terrible. The track list on the back is perfectly printed on, but the but the picture is also pixelated. Nothing frustrating, just me looking at the thing with a o_O face, wondering if I picked up a poorly printed copy. :lol
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insta loved tracks 8 & 9. accumulated circa50 spins of those two in three weeks. i wanna pre crown Ode To The Rock 'n' Roller song of the year based on lyrical theme alone (also, i think ive picked out one of Nick's "boo"s in there)
the few songs initially met with hesitation have seemingly won me over, cuz i cant stop spinning this thing. then again, im a fanboy.
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I've considered trying to compare my recording to the album version to see if I could pick myself out, but kinda figured that might be a tad obsessive. :lol
Still, really happy that I enjoyed that track, even before I realized that was the track they were using that recording in, because now of course I'm going to love it no matter what.
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I have to say that the song 'Comfort Zone' is one of the best songs ever. This guys voice is much better on this cd. If you do decide to listen, as with most Beardfish, it may take a few spins to get into it. What can you say about a band that includes taped booing from a concert in the song Ode to the Rock and Roller(None of those butt holes really want anything new). :D
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I'm one of those butt holes! That said, I'm absolutely loving the something new they've put our way. This is likely my favorite since Sleeping 2, which is my overall favorite.
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People never talk about them, they feel extremely underrated to me. I've been listening to their albums for the last two-three months and they've become one of my favourite bands. The just sound so classic but fresh at the same time... Have you ever listened to them? Which are your favourite albums/tracks?
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Why, people talk about them. Here's their thread on DTF:
https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=4994.0
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Why, people talk about them. Here's their thread on DTF:
https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=4994.0
Sheeeeit, thanks! I don't know why, but I couldn't find a thread for them :facepalm: :lol
PD: still think that they're way underrated, only 4 pages in their thread.
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Hi there! I've been digging into Beardfish for the last couple of months and they've become one of my favourite groups! Mammoth and SIT2 are the best for me up to now, but I also enjoyed SIT1 and Comfort Zone. SIT2 is one of those few albums on which every single song is perfect, I wouldn't remove any of them. So new fan here! :tup :lol
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I just listened to my first entire Beardfish album today (Sleeping In Traffic Part One). Some songs I really liked a lot. It sounded like Gentle Giant and King Crimson thrown in a blender, then topped off with a dash of Stevie Wonder.
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I've been a big proponent of Beardfish for many years, even before they got the big push from being announced for Progressive Nation, which they later unfortunately had to cancel out of.
I still remember how I lucked into them too. The year before I first saw them at NEARfest, I was at the festival and signed up for a quarterly mag called Progression. Everyone who signed up got to choose 4 promo discs from a selection of about 12. I think most of the 12 I was unfamiliar with, and so I just chose 4 mostly at random.
1 of those was Sleeping in Traffic: Part Two. Loved them ever since. I missed them once in Jersey, and have still had the pleasure of seeing them 4 times. Live they really shine, I think.
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Finally getting around to this release. Really liking it for the most part, and I love love love the three The One Inside songs. Comfort Zone is my favorite behind those. Can't really get into the long song, though, so this album's the opposite of Mammoth for me in that regard.
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Good band, but I've never been very happy with the relatively dull production values of their albums. The Void is slightly better than Mammoth in that regard, but it still sounds like a demo to my ears.
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:(
After a longer hiatus and some disagreements and various difficulties within the band we have decided to call it quits. This was not an easy choice to make. Beardfish has always been our main musical outlet - a proper garage band - the kind that meet up in the rehearsal studio and try out new material together for long, massive sessions at a time. Some of the best times of our lives have been spent together on the road, in the studio and just hanging out.
Growing up, having families and all that has made that particular way of working very difficult, leading to long periods where we haven't been able to rehearse.. And we LIKE to play.
We've had a very good run though; eight albums in fifteen years, nine if you include "The early years" (ten if you count "The Sane Day" double album as two!). We've toured with some great bands. We've met amazing people and found friends in places we'd never been before.
We want to thank everyone who has supported us throughout the years, you guys are fantastic and the prog community is a very special place to be a part of.
We spent our youth and our early adulthood as Beardfish and we grew up within the band.. Individually we will now venture out into other musical projects. No matter what, Beardfish has been very special and we will all hold it close to our hearts, but right now it's time for new adventures.
"So real, it's surreal"
A Love Story - The Sane Day (2005)
Beardfish
Rikard, David, Robert & Magnus
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOIOOO :(
One of my favorite bands...
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I saw it today. Fuck
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aww man. Im just getting into them too
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Wow! What sad news! :'( I recently bought the 5-disc "Discovering Beardfish" set as well, so I've really been getting into them lately.
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Bought Mammoth recently, enjoyed it and was trying to find their latest album in the local store (to no avail yet). Sad news.
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This sucks. I found their output overall to be rather hit or miss, but the stuff that's good is really good. Enough so that it's definitely a shame they're done.
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A sad way to find it, but I'm glad I've discovered this thread, and that there are a few Beardfish fans around here.
I bought SiT2 last year, mainly for the incredible title track, which stands as one of the great prog epics of our time. I really enjoy the rest of the album too, especially Into the Night and Cashflow. Then I found the Discovering boxset and in one fell swoop (and a bargain price) got four of their other albums as well (SiT1, DS, Mammoth and The Void). For that price, I didn't mind having a 2nd copy of SIT2 at all. I'm still getting familiar with the albums, as I've got quite a bit of new music lately. But Beardfish were a wonderful band, with a sense of humour seldom seen in music.
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Damn.. One of my favorite bands :(
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The only positive is that they didn't end by releasing weak albums and hang on too long.
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The only positive is that they didn't end by releasing weak albums and hang on too long.
Yes.
-Marc.
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my heart hurts over this one :sadpanda:
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You know, I kind of admire them for quitting now while they're ahead. As I mentioned earlier in the thread I always felt like the production values on their albums was the biggest thing holding them back because this is one talented bunch.
My guess is there will be at least one new prog band born from this, and maybe even more. Who knows?
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my heart hurts over this one :sadpanda:
Mine does also. So many great songs. The epic Sleeping in Traffic is one hell of a prog monster. Not too many 20 minute songs can hold my attention and this one is 35 minutes.
Also, I almost cried when I heard the song Comfort Zone. That song is so me.
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I never really got into this band. I remember Sleeping in Traffic: Part One being a solid listen, but it never wowed me or even made me want to go back to it. Perhaps I will revisit it here soon.
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I haven't listened in a while, but I thought of them over the weekend when I remembered one of them released a solo album. Damn...
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I know there are fans here, but Beardfish appear to have reformed. They are currently in the studio together, and are scheduled to play a festival somewhere in May.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=871960191152473&set=pb.100050155013901.-2207520000
(https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/406070194_871960184485807_2072119421084794172_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=-YZwwHnR0goAX9dYbaK&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&oh=00_AfDrZnGsJIWFQIQ8Jn-rj8_wJiYddO7CvoY9gBweqG662g&oe=656B629F)
(I sheepishly have to admit I have not really checked out much from Beardfish despite being a big fan of Rikard's work in Big Big Train and Gungfly, but they're on my list of things to get to eventually!)
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YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm a little happy about this. Considering his last 2 Gungfly albums were veering very close to Beardfish territory I am surprised and equally not surprised.
So hoping for a full length album. I was expecting another Gungfly album to pop up soon, but I'll take this everyday.
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What a wild coincidence - I just decided to fill out the rest of my Beardfish collection today by ordering 3 of the 4 albums I was missing since I only had half of their discography (SIT parts 1 and 2, DS, and Mammoth are the ones I've had for years). The only one I don't have yet will be The Sane Day, which seems very hard to find for a decent price.
I also just got the Rumbling 5 CD box set of Rikard/Gungfly albums to fill out my Gungfly collection too. I guess I manifested this reunion out of thin air with my orders this past week. :lol
-Marc.
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What a wild coincidence - I just decided to fill out the rest of my Beardfish collection today by ordering 3 of the 4 albums I was missing since I only had half of their discography (SIT parts 1 and 2, DS, and Mammoth are the ones I've had for years). The only one I don't have yet will be The Sane Day, which seems very hard to find for a decent price.
I also just got the Rumbling 5 CD box set of Rikard/Gungfly albums to fill out my Gungfly collection too. I guess I manifested this reunion out of thin air with my orders this past week. :lol
-Marc.
You did it, Marc!
Apparently they are also playing the final Night of the Prog in Loreley as well.
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Apparently they are also playing the final Night of the Prog in Loreley as well.
Fortunately, they do! :metal
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Hey, that's exciting news!
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They fired up a new Instagram account and I have been following. They are very clearly recording a new record and have been posting snippets of each of them recording. The most recent post was of Rikard going nuts on the keys. 2024 is looking very bright.
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https://www.loudersound.com/news/beardfish-re-sign-to-insideout-music-and-will-reissue-fifth-album-destined-solitaire?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0e-9w3Ln2IvG2wOOGjgUsC2G-hoO_wSJA_kpDTt57kixZcJiCcsjlnuJE_aem_AdLdNfsPxrbtXWmxI7UNON6G9A4B-B1Ihy4mTIyhoZSZ8k_3uZbAFn3oHevIJ-NZZY_C0AZEohgqZgzNY_zPU5zh
Swedish prog rock quartet Beardfish have announced that they have re-signed to their old record label, InsideOut Music, and will release a special 15th-anniversary vinyl version of their fifth studio album Destined Solitaire on July 19.
Beardfish's reformation was confirmed last November with the band posting photographs of themselves in the studio and the announcement of an appearance at this year's We Låve Rock Festival in Norway.
“These are super exciting times for Beardfish with us being back together as a band," they state. "We’re just finishing up our first new album in nine years and we’re working with Inside Out again, our favourite record label on the planet!
"We’re also really happy that Destined Solitaire, one of my personal favourites in the Beardfish catalogue, is turning 15 years old this year and that it’s finally gonna be available on some hot wax! It’s been remastered for vinyl, has lengthy liner notes from yours truly (rambling on!) and it looks and sounds fantastic!"
Originally formed back in 2001, today Beardfish Rikard Sjöblom, David Zackrisson, Magnus Östgren and Robert Hansen. They released eight studio albums until their disbandment in 2016. The band's forthcoming ninth album will see the light of day later in 2024.
Alongside We Låve Rock Festival, Beardfish will also play the final version of Night Of The Prog Festival this simmer and are confirmed for next year's of Cruise To The Edge.
Destined Solitaire has been newly remastered, and will feature a fold-out 6-page LP-booklet with the full cover artwork, and new liner notes.
-Marc.
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I am all over that. Destined Solitaire is my favorite Beardfish album. Can't wait to have it on vinyl.
And Laser CD has it up for preorder already. Heading over there now!
EDIT: And ordered.