Von Hertzen Brothers announce new album ‘In Murmuration’
VON HERTZEN BROTHERS have announced a new album!
Titled In Murmuration, the upcoming album from the Finnish progressive rock band is the follow-up to 2022’s Red Alert In The Blue Forest, and is scheduled to be released in October this year, via the band’s own label DoingBeingMusic.
Speaking about the upcoming album, vocalist/guitarist Mikko von Hertzen says, “the shapes and the overall tone of the musical content on this album could be a bit surprising to some of our newer followers, but not to those who have been listening to us from the beginning. Musically speaking, we have proudly carried the cloaks of ‘prog-wizards’ for the last two albums, but what has not been so widely discussed lately is our ability to write good pop choruses and great catchy rock anthems with good vibes. We felt like it was now time to bring forth that side of us once again.
The lyrical themes still deal with the everyday struggles of being humans in this fucked up world, it’s a source that keeps on giving, but we wanted to step out of the forest and into the sunlight to mingle, discuss and celebrate. We live in an age of constant change where everyone is trying to find a secure footing in life, sometimes full of joy and sometimes filled with utter disappointment. Amid all that, the trick is to stay alert and lean to one another. Like starlings in murmuration. After the pandemic, and now as the world has once again opened, we have somehow felt lighter in our everyday lives. We acknowledge the contradiction of course, since the world with its horrors hasn’t changed much… It would have been easy to drown in those doomsday moods, but writing these songs we felt the need to tackle these problems from a more forgiving and positive standpoint.”
Alongside the announcement of the new album, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:
Track List:
1. The Relapse
2. A Good Life
3. Starlings
4. Ascension Day
5. Beneath the Silver Stars
6. Tightrope Walker
7. The Change
8. Separation
9. Snowstorm
10. Wait for Me
In Murmuration is set for release on October 25th via DoingBeingMusic. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
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