Salome - 2023 - White Flag [mini-review]

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French band Salome are out with the album "White Flag", and progressive rock is the style explored on this production. It is an accessible variety of the form we get on this album, and one that mix and blend elements in an interesting manner throughout the playtime of this production. While a sort of foundation here may be a more accessible variety of neo-progressive rock, this is a band that reach out from this foundation in a few different and interesting manners. Sometimes with a bit more of a delicate indie rock manner, in other cases with a more vibrant and haunting post-punk attitude on display. More atmospheric laden landscapes with a bit more of a Floydian feel to them is a part of the experience too, but perhaps most of all this is a band that specialize in adding a bit of a hard rock punch to their dreamladen neo-progressive landscapes. While also retaining a bit of a pop music sensibility as something of a recurring element. An album to seek out for those who find the notion of a hard-rock flavored variety of accessible neo-progressive rock to be an interesting proposition.

Olav "Progmessor" Björnsen, September 2023

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