The Carpet Knights - "Lost And So Strange Is My Mind"

Transubstans Records Trans 009 Rating 80/100 I'm more and more astonished and enchanted by the high quality stuff coming out from the swedish label Transubstans Records: arists mostly at their debut but also re-releases of unknown jewels from the past. The intention seems to be giving a promotional support to swedish and overall scandinavian music and prog lovers seem to appriciate a lot many of the bands coming from northern Europe. The Carpet Knights is just a swedish five-piece coming from Malmoe and existing since 1998: this band has just released a debut album called "Lost And So Strange Is My Mind". The music style featured here is only apparently simple: it's mostly a psychedelic and darkish rock music, sometimes a little folkish thanks to the flute inserts by Magnus Nilsson and oftener so close to the typical "seventy hard rock".. This harder side is really clear inside of "Zonked" and even more inside of the so good "Feel It" starting with a rough guitar riff and then moving to the prevailing visionary and psychedelic atmospheres. If you think that it's no use to talk about Progressive Rock, please take a listen to the interesting interludes between flute and guitar inside of "All Be The Same" or the several changes of moods and the extreme fantasy of Tobias Wulff's guitar inside of the impressive "Last Of Many". If you're looking for a record featuring an old-fashioned but not stale- tasting music, quite easy to listen but really effective, this is the right stuff for you. It's a pity that we met the boring and unuseful "Sad Soul" e "Dab Nekan", because "Lost And So Strange Is My Mind" could have been an almost perfect piece of music... Luca Alberici Tales of wonder