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What I asked him to do was to provide motifs at certain key points in the album, to help to link everything together to the overall album theme. The cello, mellotron, and drums are the song's strengths and highlights until the 4:15 mark when an interlude of voice. As a matter of fact, All Traps on Earth is the name chosen by Änglagård's founding member and bassist Johan Brand for this project of his, involving keyboard player Thomas Johnson and drummer / percussionist Erik Hammarström from the same 'source band'. Representing the band's first new music since 2014's "Kaleidoscope", with "The Absolute Universe" the band has done something unique and created two versions of the record: "The Absolute Universe: The Breath Of Life (Abridged Version)" and "The Absolute Universe: Forevermore (Extended Version)".

The lead synthesier "buzzing bagpipe" sound becomes rather annoying/grating after several minutes; not even the masterful use of synthesized strings and banked voices can seem to overcome this choice for the lead.Another point of reference for you would be Porcupine Tree's "Sky Moves Sideways" album - although I prefer "Lightdark" to that: it is lighter, happier, conjures up nicer images. For me I think this is a technique to show how people can get "lost" even overwhelmed by emotional experiences. sees a short pause until the 6:40 mark when the drums and keys change activity in a very goosebumpity moment. About Butterflies and Children" is a short instrumental of swirling synthesized keyboards, organ, and, a little later, treated HAROLD BUDD-like piano. The usual bandmates of Peter Gee and Clive Nolan are on board and now joined by new drummer Craig Blundell.

It reminds me a lot of how things were when the Kino album [2005's ‘Picture’] was done, in that no-one knew what would come out of it. Highlights include the 15-minute epic “From Silence to Noise”, the ethereal “The Misplay” (with cellist Marianne DeChastelaine), and the epic piano/ mellotron driven ballad “Someone Starts To Fade Away” (featuring guest vocals from No-Man’s Tim Bowness). It's very difficult when you're trying to be creative, because your natural instinct is to constantly compare. The Long Island metal band's third album etches arena-sized hooks into their jagged compositions, deftly balancing experimental and poppy inclinations.As the others have said, it compares very well to 'The Whirlwind', which I believe represents TRANSATLANTIC at our best. John also couldn’t resist asking good friend and keyboard player Jem Godfrey of Frost* fame to add his unique musical treatment to two tracks, including the title ’Lonely Robot’, with Nick Beggs playing bass and his signature Chapman Stick on a few other songs. Highlights include the 15 minute epic "From Silence to Noise", the ethereal "The Misplay" (with cellist Marianne DeChastelaine), and the epic piano/mellotron driven ballad "Someone Starts To Fade Away" (featuring guest vocals from No-Man's Tim Bowness).