While the festival already lies more than one month in the past, my string of roadburn-related reviews still carries on.
This one feels a little bit redundant, because I've kind of done it before in my account of Roadburn Sunday, when the band released the album and played it in full. So in case you're feeling a glimpse of déjà vu - it's not you.
LUCY IN BLUE - In Flight (CD) (2019)
A young band from Iceland indulging in rock styles from fifty years ago. Smells like The Vintage Caravan, but Lucy In Blue take their inspriration from a set of different bands.
One in particular which noone can miss hearing is of course Pink Floyd, mostly "Meddle" era. Especially when it's slow and the organ takes a lead role. And even more when the harmonious vocals set in. "In Flight" doesn't feature a ton of singing, but the parts which are there feel as close to early Floyd as it seems possible.
But all this Floydishness, it's all a little bit of a trick. It feels like authentic Gilmour, Waters and co., but if you'd go through the album song by song and part by part, probably not even half of it would be something Pink Floyd would have actually ever played. There is early prog, some almost jazzy tendencies and also smoothly integrated more modern influences.
The same applies for the production of the album. It is very much of our time, but it feels like somethinge genuinely classic.
It's not like a historic look back on something ancient though, not even like a mere homage to the early days of psych, prog and art rock. No, it feels like you are back there - which is years before I was born for me, and even one or two years more for the band members - and experiencing this sound for the first time.
Ok, did I just contradict myself?
Well, you may have noticed that I'm using the word "feel" a lot. And yeah, that's just the thing with Lucy In Blue. They just have the gift of making it feel so right, that it leaves you without any urge to question or over-analyze them. Call it the Agusa effect.
They are one of those "retro" bands, who have just completely figured out the right balance of the familiar and the original, making both merge perfectly, so it feels fresh and makes me unconditionally happy.
Let's hope that they won't lose this gift anytime soon. Because if they can manage to raise the bar they've set here themselves, Lucy In Blue might have a breath-taking discography ahead of them.
No pressure, haha. Great stuff, seriously.
One in particular which noone can miss hearing is of course Pink Floyd, mostly "Meddle" era. Especially when it's slow and the organ takes a lead role. And even more when the harmonious vocals set in. "In Flight" doesn't feature a ton of singing, but the parts which are there feel as close to early Floyd as it seems possible.
But all this Floydishness, it's all a little bit of a trick. It feels like authentic Gilmour, Waters and co., but if you'd go through the album song by song and part by part, probably not even half of it would be something Pink Floyd would have actually ever played. There is early prog, some almost jazzy tendencies and also smoothly integrated more modern influences.
The same applies for the production of the album. It is very much of our time, but it feels like somethinge genuinely classic.
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| Lucy In Blue live at Roadburn 2019 |
Ok, did I just contradict myself?
Well, you may have noticed that I'm using the word "feel" a lot. And yeah, that's just the thing with Lucy In Blue. They just have the gift of making it feel so right, that it leaves you without any urge to question or over-analyze them. Call it the Agusa effect.
They are one of those "retro" bands, who have just completely figured out the right balance of the familiar and the original, making both merge perfectly, so it feels fresh and makes me unconditionally happy.
Let's hope that they won't lose this gift anytime soon. Because if they can manage to raise the bar they've set here themselves, Lucy In Blue might have a breath-taking discography ahead of them.
No pressure, haha. Great stuff, seriously.
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