No Bossa Nova: Feather Mountain on their way To Exit A Maelstrom!

Danish prog newcomers return with a very. personal sophomore album in the form of “To Exit A Maelstrom”. We talked to vocalist Mikkel A. Lohmann and drummer Christian Dahl-Blumenberg about increasing the heaviness, why they don’t play Bossa Nova and the challenges of playing emotionally heavy music live. Don’t miss out on their performance at ProgPower Europe in the Netherlands on Oct. 1st!

Chapters:

01:00 Welcome (back) Feather Mountain

02:25 Making “To Exit A Maelstrom”

04:45 Composing “To Exit A Maelstrom”

07:35 Increasing the heaviness

09:20 Going instrumental in ‘Air Hunger’

10:25 What is it with prog bands and long songs at the end of albums?

12:30 The music video for ‘Sincere’

15:00 Picking the singles

17:55 Presenting the new songs live

18:30 Finally going to ProgPower Europe!

20:00 Playing emotionally challenging music in a live setting

🎵 Feather Mountain is:

Andreas Dahl-Blumenberg - Bass, Vocals

Christian Dahl-Blumenberg - Drums

Jens Baalkilde Andersen - Guitar, Vocals

Mikkel Aaen Lohmann - Lead Vocals

💿 Discography:

Nidus (2019)

To Exit A Maelstrom (2022)

✔️ Follow Feather Mountain:

Website: https://www.feathermountainband.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/feathermountainband

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/feather_mountain/

Youtube: https://bit.ly/FeatherMountainYoutube

Bandcamp: https://feathermountain.bandcamp.com/

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3TKmHZj

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