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While Jethro Tull may have made his fans wait almost twenty years before unveiling a new studio album, The Zealot Gene, released in 2022, its successor has unexpectedly dropped less than a year and a half later. Interestingly, while the previous record showed Jethro Tull seemingly trying to cast aside his progressive rock angle in order to refocus on songs (even though it does retain this concept-album side so typical of many of this genre’s productions), RökFlöte revives a large part of what made up the original combo’s DNA. Here we have Ian Anderson who returns to the transverse flute for almost the entire length of this new chapter, centring around stories drawn from Norse paganism, especially heroes and deities. A look back in time which by no means aimed to displease, Jethro Tull’s music once again has resonating folk accents combined with amplified music and electric guitar contributions (Wolf Unchained), right from the outset. All of a sudden we want to sit by the fire while our minstrel shares his fables and legends. However, in-depth listening to this RökFlöte confirms that while the group has perfectly succeeded in bringing out the best of its music, an instrumental album would have been enough, like in the excellent Voluspo opening, with a few rare words rolled out in a simply spoken narrative. Anderson's voice, while it isn’t monotonous, hardly brings any relief to the ensemble in the same way that perhaps Jon Davison’s voice could on the last Yes. But time travel works; the long instrumental tracks in each song prove how much the group's know-how had simply been buried under a few layers of dust, only to be revealed now in a better light. © Chief Brody/Qobuz
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Jethro Tull, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Nick Watson, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2023 InsideOutMusic under exclusive licence from The Ian Anderson Group Of Companies Ltd.
Jethro Tull, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Nick Watson, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2023 InsideOutMusic under exclusive licence from The Ian Anderson Group Of Companies Ltd.
Jethro Tull, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Nick Watson, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2023 InsideOutMusic under exclusive licence from The Ian Anderson Group Of Companies Ltd.
Jethro Tull, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Nick Watson, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2023 InsideOutMusic under exclusive licence from The Ian Anderson Group Of Companies Ltd.
Jethro Tull, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Nick Watson, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2023 InsideOutMusic under exclusive licence from The Ian Anderson Group Of Companies Ltd.
Jethro Tull, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Nick Watson, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2023 InsideOutMusic under exclusive licence from The Ian Anderson Group Of Companies Ltd.
Jethro Tull, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Nick Watson, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2023 InsideOutMusic under exclusive licence from The Ian Anderson Group Of Companies Ltd.
Jethro Tull, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Nick Watson, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2023 InsideOutMusic under exclusive licence from The Ian Anderson Group Of Companies Ltd.
Jethro Tull, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Nick Watson, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2023 InsideOutMusic under exclusive licence from The Ian Anderson Group Of Companies Ltd.
Jethro Tull, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Nick Watson, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2023 InsideOutMusic under exclusive licence from The Ian Anderson Group Of Companies Ltd.
Jethro Tull, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Nick Watson, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2023 InsideOutMusic under exclusive licence from The Ian Anderson Group Of Companies Ltd.
Jethro Tull, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Nick Watson, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2023 InsideOutMusic under exclusive licence from The Ian Anderson Group Of Companies Ltd.
Jethro Tull, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Nick Watson, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2023 InsideOutMusic under exclusive licence from The Ian Anderson Group Of Companies Ltd.
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While Jethro Tull may have made his fans wait almost twenty years before unveiling a new studio album, The Zealot Gene, released in 2022, its successor has unexpectedly dropped less than a year and a half later. Interestingly, while the previous record showed Jethro Tull seemingly trying to cast aside his progressive rock angle in order to refocus on songs (even though it does retain this concept-album side so typical of many of this genre’s productions), RökFlöte revives a large part of what made up the original combo’s DNA. Here we have Ian Anderson who returns to the transverse flute for almost the entire length of this new chapter, centring around stories drawn from Norse paganism, especially heroes and deities. A look back in time which by no means aimed to displease, Jethro Tull’s music once again has resonating folk accents combined with amplified music and electric guitar contributions (Wolf Unchained), right from the outset. All of a sudden we want to sit by the fire while our minstrel shares his fables and legends. However, in-depth listening to this RökFlöte confirms that while the group has perfectly succeeded in bringing out the best of its music, an instrumental album would have been enough, like in the excellent Voluspo opening, with a few rare words rolled out in a simply spoken narrative. Anderson's voice, while it isn’t monotonous, hardly brings any relief to the ensemble in the same way that perhaps Jon Davison’s voice could on the last Yes. But time travel works; the long instrumental tracks in each song prove how much the group's know-how had simply been buried under a few layers of dust, only to be revealed now in a better light. © Chief Brody/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:48:11
- Main artists: Jethro Tull
- Composer: Ian Anderson
- Label: InsideOutMusic
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
(P) 2023 InsideOutMusic under exclusive licence from The Ian Anderson Group Of Companies Ltd.
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