Still We Rise

On their tenth studio album, the 1991 originating band Fool's Garden, presents themselves as very mature and versatile. Their current album ''Rise and Fall'' offers a variety of songs, which not only show themselves very independently, but also maintain classic-timeless qualities in composition, interpretation and arrangement. ''This time we let a very special discipline prevail in writing the songs,'' says singer Peter Freudenthaler. A song could not be set aside until it was fully complete in its structure, so that it could later be recorded in our own studio. It was an audibly effective as well as creative work process with impressive results! The 14 melodious titles cover a wide range of styles. This can be seen in titles such as, the opulently arranged mid-tempo opus ''I Burn'' (reminiscent due to the falsetto chorus of a-ha or Coldplay), or there is the acoustic ballad Marie Marie, or the atmospheric, minimalist ''All We Are,'' which Freudenthaler dedicated to his son. And with the electronic vibe of ''Still Running,'' Fool's Garden taps into new terrain!

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