THE FLOWER KINGS

Look At You Now INSIDEOUTMUSIC

DOM LAWSON

Scandi-prog mavens keep riding their second wind. It remains a mystery how Roine Stolt was able to resist the temptation to bash out a couple of double albums during The Flower Kings’ six-year hiatus from 2013 to their eventual re-emergence in 2019. Aside from writing some of the most lavish and melodically rich progressive rock of the last 30 years, the seemingly unflagging Swede has been relentlessly prolific. “Fat-free songwriting sits alongside more indulgent material.” Since firing The Flower Kings engine up again, his band have delivered nearly 300 minutes of new music across three sumptuous full-lengths albums The only slight hesitation one might have about Look At You Now is that even the most devoted fans might still be digesting last year’s 85-minute By Royal Decree and musing that…

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