DIM GRAY

Shards GRIM DAY RECORDS

JOHNNY SHARP

Third album from well-connected, cinematically inclined Norwegians. There’s nothing like a bit of patronage to give a new act a leg up. Oslo-based art-rockers Dim Gray impressed older generations of musicians early in their career, securing a deal with English Electric Recordings and tour supports with label owners Big Big Train, as well as opening for Marillion on several occasions. Keyboard player and vocalist Oskar Holldorff has since joined BBT, but for him and his bandmates (here expanded to a five-piece) their third album justifies such high-profile endorsements. “The drama has been cranked up since their last album.” The drama has been cranked up noticeably since 2022’s Firmament. While that felt like a record dealing with the isolation of the Covid years, Shards seems to have a less inward perspective,…

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