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Listening to After Forever and Star One in the early 2000’s, I was blown away by Floor‘s voice. Needless to say, she’s still got it. But I remember listening to “Endless Forms Most Beautiful” kind of in dismay while friends were so impressed by it. I wasn’t bashing the music of course but being familiar with most of her bands, I was disappointed by Floor‘s output – but she was not to blame. The songs didn’t reflect her capabilities as a singer and her voice was sorely held back – even having Dawkins on the album won’t save it for me and I can’t listen to the album thoroughly (I’m sorry to say) but I’m pleased to say that her abilities are put more on display on this album. It is truly interesting to hear a clearly recognizable voice under a different sound.
Jorn adds all sorts of interesting rock elements in Northward; Being a master on the guitar, he can strum away to the tune of pop to hard rock. He also incorporates acoustic guitars to give the dramatic effects of the songs which clearly provide the softness and darker tones. The combination of acoustic guitars, dramatic singing against the distorted guitars give quite the dimensions that I haven’t heard from either of their bands before. It made the listening experience absolutely fascinating but I am not completely sold on all of their songs. Especially on the simplistic nature of several of the tracks used for their promos, which are actually the first 3 tracks on the album.
Although Northward is musically not entirely to my taste – and I mostly signed up for reasons of curiosity – I can enjoy several songs as they are. I am mostly referring to the second half of the album here. I would not recommend it for someone who is looking for their whiff of some symphonic metal but the album does well on what it was made to accomplish. I believe Floor and Jorn make a great duo, this album is hooky throughout, and they sound better than what is on the pop radio.
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