KAIPA – Mindrevolutions

30 years in business, a 20-year-break and now the release of the 6th album (third after the break). Quite impressing, the history of KAIPA, the Swedish band I had only heard about in connection with another prog-act: Ritual. Patrick Lundström, their vocalist, is doing a magnificant job in both bands and the result is actually quite similar. While the more modern Ritual include lots of folklore-sound in their music, KAIPA is more epic and 70s-style and furthermore featuring great female vocals Mindrevolutions starts off quite calm with loads of acoustic-guitars, developing dynamics smoothly. Nevertheless the songs get quite groovy, introduce some funky parts, some really fine vocals arrangements and always give space to short instrumental interludes. Hightlight of the CD, however, is the epic 26-minute-title-track which has been composed within three days but shows all the musical capabilities of the six Swedes. Magnificant. One more really fine tune turns out to be Our Deepest Inner Shore that makes the listener melt away. Mindrevolutions may not be the most modern prog art but it shows how 70s prog-music can sound in the new millenium. Get hold on this one!