If you like keyboards in your prog rock, this is so the album you need to buy. The whole disc is full of keyboard sounds, nuances, and just randomly cool sounds. It comes as no surprise then that the sound throughout the album is full, rounded, and for lack of a better description "interesting". Mr V's vocals merge seamlessly into the mesh of sound, making for an overall sound rather than the sound of a band. It's strangely compelling, and at times reminds me of some of the twists and turns that Jeff Wayne made on his interpretation of the classic 'War of the Worlds'.
Jeff Wayne is certainly an interesting topic to bring up, because this album is a truer progressive rock effort that seems to be the norm these days, where prog has in general become that bit more heavier, this harks back to those days of yore. Mr V certainly has managed to create the vision he saw, and turn into reality. He's on record as saying that the goal of the album was to "explore progressive and symphonic rock through a Nordic atmosphere". In my eyes he's done just that, done it well, and made the kind of album you throw on to relax too.
That's a compliment in the highest order in my mind, and he's done solo. Mr V plays all the instruments, he sings, and just to keep any outside influences away from him, he's produced, mixed, and mastered it himself too. Nice to see!
More information on Waterclime:
Andreas Hedlund: Wikipedia.org
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