Eating Music
Apollon, 2019
9/10
A post-rock and prog-friendly outfit from Norway, Glutton make great use of horns and strings as well on this 3rd album that really showcases the strong talent in this trio.
“Far Away” starts the listen with nearly 10 minutes of rhythmic melodies that mix alt-rock with jazz sensibilities in a unique fashion, and “The Tomb Of The Unknown Ontonaut” follows with fuzzy guitars, a soaring atmosphere and dynamic interplay between the instruments.
Elsewhere, “Pinhole” initially shimmers with pop influences in a calmer setting of nearly post-punk ideas, while “Future Blue” shines bright with prog-rock nods on the album highlight. “Space & Our Hearts” ends the listen and indeed finds spacey ebbs in between the propulsive and calculated power and melody- a recurring theme across the entire affair.
A listen that sounds like it could have been created in any decade since the ‘70s, Glutton birth creative, warm textures that never unfold in predictable ways on this stunning record that’s charmingly familiar yet very atypical.
Travels well with: Radiohead- In Rainbows; The Mars Volta- Frances The Mute