Lys fremtid i mørke, by Actionfredag

Lys fremtid i mørke

by Actionfredag

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John Woodward This album is - alongside Mats Öberg's Visan från Innerörä (2023) - the best album of the 2020's. Absolutely briliant prog in the full meaning of the word!

gorancabrajic Very beautifully put together, the band never overdoes it, but simply lets the compositions flow with their beauty and musicality. Canterbury elements, indicated by jazz style, melt into short symphonic spheres, with elements of folk, and some heavy details. Here, the band really reached heights in terms of composition and presented a diverse palette of sounds that are perfectly implemented in a web of grandiose inspiration which is quite magnificent and strives to create images and stories.

Jennifer Jupiter Absolutely brilliant. Melodic uplifting adventure that doesn't quit. Playing daily.
Damn, what an ending!!
Favorite track: Dalai Lama´s Five Dollar Mamas II.

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1.	Angst oppå bordet 03:35	buy track
2.	Dalai Lama´s Five Dollar Mamas I 03:51	buy track
3.	Karesuando Camping 03:14	buy track
4.	Planet Bygningsetaten 04:53	buy track
5.	Cloudboy Blidbop 04:36	buy track
6.	Ping pong lovesong (bonus track) 01:28	buy track
7.	Dalai Lama´s Five Dollar Mamas II 05:14	buy track
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9.	Slipp Ivar fri 05:04	buy track
10.	Litt mye 01:38	buy track
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Actionfredag is releasing their second album on November 8th! «Lys fremtid i mørke» is a life-affirming prog salute inspired by British brick buildings, Sundborn paintings, and vintage Norwegian children's TV. Coinciding with the rerouting of Oslo's buses, the album brings 10 fresh tracks, still defiantly in the major key, maintaining their Swedophile and Canterbury-esque sound, while taking a nostalgic step closer to the band's childhood stomping grounds in East Oslo.

"I was rather stricken with their first record, and am happy to announce that the new material surpasses my expectations by a lot... ...Reviving the Canterbury sound has been but a recent phenomenon, and Actionfredag can claim one of the top positions with Zopp and Tom Penaguin. What is so wonderful about this is not only the great music they give us, but also the hope that young people can still perform music that can move my heart." (Pascal Thiel, Disagreement)

«The result is a wonderful album that glides along sometimes pithy, sometimes dreamy, sometimes jazzy-intricate, sometimes anthemic-jubilant, sometimes playful-dancing, very varied, yet compact and to the point. By the way, the title of the album is very apt; all in all, this very optimistic and positive music actually seems like a bright spot of light in a rather dark time. Retro Canterbury Skanprog adepts shouldn’t be without «Lys Fremtid I Mørke».
- Achim Breiling / Babyblaue Seiten

"A powerful album if there ever was one, Lys Fremtid i Mørke brings a lot of great ideas all together at once." (Peter Thelen, Exposé)

"Lys fremtid i mørke is a complex, clever yet breezy and refreshing delight, a properly made cup of tea, none of your teabag in the cup nonsense, proper china teapot respectful left to stand before pouring. Lys fremtid i mørke is soothing, it reaches all the right places but don’t run away with the idea that any of this is easy, this is seriously complex properly progressive prog rock of the highest order. Lys fremtid i mørke is wonderful, it glides, it touches on almost being dreamy now and again, it does get jazzy, never twee though, and yes, I must confess I do find most of those Canterbury bands a little too twee, a little too nice and polite, and well, as nice and polite as Actionfredag are, and as obviously Canterbury flavoured as they are, this album is a play-on-repeat uplifting zesty delight." (Sean Worral, The Organ)

"Lys fremtid i mørke is an accomplished album. I have played it regularly. Watching breeze fluffed clouds and silver crested waves. The sun lit music drenches the terrace casting musical shadows on the tiles. A grateful smile. The enchanting melodies of Lys fremtid i mørke says it all." (Owen Davis, DPRP.net)

"An excellent, lively album that leaves you wanting more. And if they evolve a little further towards the final track, this band will undoubtedly become a key player in the Scandinavian progressive scene." (Juergen Meurer, Betreutes Proggen)

credits

released December 6, 2024

Actionfredag is:

- Katrina Lenore Sjøberg (Omhu, Åsa) on vocals
- Aksel Valheim Lem on guitar
- Ivar Haugaløkken Stangeby (Tusmørke, Mt. Melodie) on keys
- Espen Fladmoe Wolmer (Live Aids) on drums
- Martin Hella Thørnquist on vocals and guitar
- Ola Mile Bruland (Jordsjø, Mythopoeic Mind) on bass.

The album also features:

- Maya Storvik on oboe
- Anders Kristian Krabberød (Suburban Savages, Panzerpappa) on ebow guitar
- Martin Nordrum Kneppen (Wobbler, the Chronicles of Father Robin) on recorders
- Åsa Ree (Meer) on violin
- Mari Mile Bruland on clarinets
- Håkon Oftung (Jordsjø, Elds Mark) on flute
- Trond Gjellum (Panzerpappa, Electrond) on cymbals
- Kristian Frøland (Jordsjø) on slide guitars and glockenspiel
- Liv Santos Holm (Maria Orieta Band, Crucial band) on bass synth
- Nikolai Haugseth on french horn.

Recorded september-march 2023-2024 at Björneröd studios by Kristian Frøland, at Metronomicon Audio by Thomas Meidell, at Kalbakken by Ivar Haugaløkken Stangeby and at Badminton Bay studios by Jonas Raabe.

Mix by Jonas Raabe

Master by Kjetil Bergseth

Artwork by Emil Johnson Ellefsen

Graphic design by Liv Santos Holm

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