White Willow - FUTURE HOPES - Vinyl

Limited vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. 2017 release, the seventh album by the revered Norwegian prog band. The band's new vocalist is Norwegian pop sensation Venke Knutson. The album includes guest appearances by Hedvig Mollestad and David Krakauer. Formed in Oslo in 1992/93, White Willow has built a reputation over the years as a diverse, subtle, progressively-focused group, their albums always critically acclaimed and revered as influential. They were a part of the original revival of progressive rock in Scandinavia that also included ﾎnglagﾆrd, Anekdoten, and Landberk, and original ﾎnglagﾆrd drummer Mattias Olsson is the drummer of White Willow. Fusing influences from 1970s prog rock and folk rock, hard rock, electronica, and even some pop influences, with each album they explore new territories. A common thread throughout all the albums though, is the use of female vocals and the employment of huge arsenals of vintage keyboards and synthesizers, notably Mellotrons, Chamberlins, Moogs, Solinas, Prophets, and more.