{"id":6986,"date":"2018-07-16T05:08:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T05:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/07\/16\/prog-ensemble-41point9-premieres-second-video-these-four-lands-from-forthcoming-album-mr-astute-trousers\/"},"modified":"2018-07-16T05:08:06","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T05:08:06","slug":"prog-ensemble-41point9-premieres-second-video-these-four-lands-from-forthcoming-album-mr-astute-trousers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2018\/07\/16\/prog-ensemble-41point9-premieres-second-video-these-four-lands-from-forthcoming-album-mr-astute-trousers\/","title":{"rendered":"Prog Ensemble 41POINT9 Premieres Second Video \u201cThese Four Lands\u201d From Forthcoming Album \u201cMr. Astute Trousers\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Prog ensemble 41POINT9 is premiering their second video titled \u201cThese Four Lands\u201d\u00a0 from their forthcoming album \u201cMr. Astute Trousers\u201d on Sonic Perspectives! The band has two albums being released internationally on September 21, 2018. One is the brand-new sophomore release \u201cMr. Astute Trousers\u201d and the other is a remixed and remastered version of their debut album \u201cStill Looking For Answers.\u201d The band has been busy creating a series of high quality concept videos to help get word about the album out.<\/p>\n

Watch 41POINT9’s \u201cThese Four Lands\u201d video here: https:\/\/www.sonicperspectives.com\/news\/41point9-premieres-these-four-lands-video\/ ;<\/p>\n

Hammer meets anvil and the sparks fly. In the process, a sword is made stronger than it could have been before. The same thing happened back in 1995 when bassist\/songwriter\/producer Bob Madsen met guitarist\/songwriter\/singer Brian Cline in the North Bay Area of California. Brian and Bob began working together on a few tunes written by Bob and began a lifelong \u201cbromance.\u201d In Brian, Bob had found the perfect voice for his muse. The only problem was Brian’s insistence on editing Bob’s lyrics (a process referred to as \u201clyrical evisceration\u201d). (Of course, the real problem is that almost without exception Bob has had to admit that Brian’s edits make the songs better.)<\/p>\n

After nearly a decade of friendship the two decided to start a band together. That band is 41POINT9 and is known for being a prog rock band, but Bob and Brian would probably argue that point with you. \u201cWe don’t care about styles or subjects or how the song will be classified. We start out with an idea and let the idea dictate where the song will lead. We usually write the lyrics first and then add the music in order to further the concept of the song. As such, we are able to bring a diverse range of musical influences to bear, like a painter would with many pigments and brushes. We actually create the songs with little to no regard for how we would or even could perform them live.\u201d Bob continues, \u201cWe might combine Stravinsky strings with funk bass and heavy metal guitars. Hip-hop or EDM production styles might meet new wave synths and storytelling lyrics that would be at home on a classic country album. We simply don’t care as long as the song is good.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNotice we didn’t mention Prog?\u201d Brian adds, \u201cWe absolutely love progressive music; however, we don’t stop there. We are in the pursuit of the different. Shouldn’t progressive music progress? Why apply the same stylistic norms that have been used since the ’70s and still call it progressive? That’s not progressive – that’s stagnant.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDon’t get us wrong,\u201d chimes in Bob, \u201cwe are writing songs with a very strong pop sensibility and we feel they are eminently listenable; we just don’t feel the pressure to stay in one genre or tonality. It just doesn’t matter as long as it serves the song.\u201d<\/p>\n

In support of the \u201cMr. Astute Trousers\u201d album release, 41POINT9 is preparing to tour later in the year if all goes well. \u201cThe difficulty in touring is that we have been having a real problem finding a drummer for the band,\u201d Bob concludes. \u201cAll of the ones we have auditioned have spontaneously combusted. I guess that’s what we get for using the same talent agency as Spinal Tap.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source:
www.41POINT9.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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