This album really says ambitious if anything else, and luckily they succeed here. This band is from Denmark, and with this, they have created a really unique rock epic, combining a lot of 70’s prog rock, stadium torch songs, new age rockers, some 90’s dreampop, and all wrapped up into a concept album. I would even say you could thrown some ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ influence in there, as it just has this slight 70’s hippie glam vibe to it. Whatever that is I dont know exactly, its just what pops into mind as I hear this. Its a unique album, with some beautiful vocal melodies, melding all the songs together into what really is an album experience, as you can almost barely tell where one song begins and one ends. And on top of that, there are a few songs that just might get your hips a rocking. HAHA! A very rewarding special album that gets better on every listen.

“Redefining both “album” and “concept album,” And The Glass Handed Kites is a mind-blowing 60 minute rock maelstrom flinging musical ideas, distorted nightmare images and heartbreak choruses at the listener with skull-cracking ferocity. One minute we’re looking toward Valhalla from a “Chinaberry Tree,” moments later we’re asked “Why are you looking grave?” by guest artist J Mascis over a throbbing guitar squall and next thing we’re in the middle of an ethereal ballad about foxes. What initially sounds like ten bands playing ten different albums at the same time, tuned in and out of sync by some ADD-riddled studio engineer, reveals itself after repeated listening as a remarkably sustained and unified work, picking up the experimental challenge of cutting edge Britpop from Wire to “Kid A” and drenching it in Mew’s otherworldly sonic brew.” – Jive Magazine