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░ ██ ██ Artist: Arabs in Aspic ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Victim of Your Father's Agony █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2015 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2016-01-11 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Progressive Rock ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Black Widow Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Norwegian band Arabs in Aspic released their sixth █
█ album this past spring, an effort taking almost █
█ two years. Victim of Your FatherÆs Agony presents █
█ more 70s-influenced hard prog rock and a welcome █
█ companion to their previous album Pictures in a █
█ Dream. And the new album sounds a bit more █
█ diverse. The opening song ôYou Can Prove Them █
█ Wrongö is replete with heavy Hammond organ riffs, █
█ hard rock guitar solos, and gratifying vocal █
█ harmonies. On the second tune, ôSad without You,ö █
█ the band is a bit experimental with a reversed █
█ track intro to a pseudo-pop ballad in the style of █
█ The Beatles. Then they kick things into high gear █
█ with ôOne,ö an organ and guitar dominated hard █
█ rock song with Mellotron and twinned guitar lines, █
█ similar to a combination of Wishbone Ash and Deep █
█ Purple. Track four, ôThe Turk and the Italian █
█ Restaurant,ö is a funky bass and organ █
█ instrumental with what sounds like Moog synth █
█ lines, making me think of Edgar WinterÆs █
█ ôFrankenstein.ö The next track, ôGod Requires █
█ Insanity,ö could easily be a lost Black Sabbath █
█ track. ôTV 3ö is a short new wave/hard rock █
█ hybrid. Then there is the entertaining ôFlight of █
█ the Halibutö with its driving bass line, guitar, █
█ and rousing Mellotron riffs. Track eight, █
█ ôSaint-Palais-Sur-Mer Pt. 2,ö goes in a new █
█ direction with beautiful acoustic guitar and █
█ synth, drawing comparisons in my mind to Amazing █
█ Blondel. The album closes with the excellent title █
█ track, Mellotron and twinned guitar lines. █
█ Overall, quite a satisfying listening experience, █
█ and though Victim of Your FatherÆs Agony is not a █
█ major step forward, it is obvious that the band is █
█ evolving and maturing. █
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░ 1. You Can Prove Them Wrong 3:55 ░
░ 2. Sad Without You 3:25 ░
░ 3. One 6:12 ░
░ 4. The Turk and The Italian Restaurant 2:42 ░
░ 5. God Requires Insanity 8:21 ░
░ 6. TV 3 1:38 ░
░ 7. Flight of the Halibut 4:08 ░
░ 8. Saint-Palais-Sur-Mer Pt. 2 1:04 ░
░ 9. Victim of Your Father's Agony 5:57 ░
░ 37:22 ░
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