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Tusmørke: Dawn Of Oberon (2024)

I’m still trying to wrap my mind around Tusmørke, the Norwegian progressive rock combo that never seems content to stick to one thing. Albums in English, albums in Norwegian, children’s albums, albums for adults…are they even prog rock? You can argue it with all the pyschedelia that colors their music, especially Dawn Of Oberon, the band’s (I think) 11th album of weird and wonderfully retro rock. It’s extremely chill, with hints of jazz and some of Zappa’s early hippy-drippy melodies and arrangements, and kind of the perfect thing when you want to ease off the “rock” side of progressive rock and let your, like, drift man…you know?

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(Un)Focused Definition Ep. 16: Into the Prog Machine, 2024 Edition

A quick one, because it’s 6am as I write this on the day it’s supposed to go live, and I have to leave to take my son on a college visit in an hour. I’m also 7 reviews into my Hooptober marathon, so if you want to read about all sorts of horror films you can check that out over at Cinema Dual. In the meantime, ‘et get into some of the new prog that’s been keeping me afloat in 2024, shall we?

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