Glassville Records

Who the heck is Hasse Fröberg I asked myself, when I got this CD to review.  As it turns out – after some googling, Hasse Fröberg  is the current vocalist/guitarist of Swedish band the Flower Kings, and before that he toured with Swedish hard rock band Spellbound.  When his band Flower Kings decided to put the activities on low for some time, he decided to form his own band and since he had some material left he had written, but was not quite suite for the Flower Kings.  They started in 200

Who the heck is Hasse Fröberg I asked myself, when I got this CD to review.  As it turns out – after some googling, Hasse Fröberg  is the current vocalist/guitarist of Swedish band the Flower Kings, and before that he toured with Swedish hard rock band Spellbound.  When his band Flower Kings decided to put the activities on low for some time, he decided to form his own band and since he had some material left he had written, but was not quite suite for the Flower Kings.  They started in 200

Huh...I could've sworn that I had come across this Dutch Alternative/ Prog Rock band before, or at least that the band's debut album had come through the ConcreteWeb headquarters, because somehow the album's cover art looks so familiar to me. But a little research learned me that this was not so. Ach well, let's look into the band history then, shall we?

Although perhaps best known for his work as bassist in Swedish Prog Metal act Pain Of Salvation, it is now several years ago that Kristoffer Gildenlöw (younger brother of Daniel, whom started that band in 1993) left Sweden for Holland, where he's been living with his wife Liselotte Hegt (a journalist for Dutch renowned music magazine Aardschok, and apparently also musician on the bass and keyboards) from 2006 on, and been active as session musician (in several bands, including ) and the band

This California based Prog Rock band, which originally started out under such working titles as Family and Family Report, was initiated by lead singer/ guitarist Billy Sherwood and keyboardist Tony Kaye.