Jethro Tull
RökFlöte

In this review, I will talk about the latest album by Jethro Tull: RökFlöte. Let's not kid ourselves: these are no longer the Jethro Tull. Firstly, because Ian Anderson no longer has the voice that sang many of the band's hits, from Stand Up onwards, and secondly, because the album I'm reviewing doesn't have the classic atmosphere that permeates the long discography of this extraordinary band. In fact, throughout the album, there is a veil of sadness that, as far as I'm concerned, is the precursor of a new musical genre, which I would call depressive progressive folk.

This is the impression you get on the very first listen. When you listen to it the second time, things change. For heaven's sake, we're not dealing with a masterpiece, but with an album that earns a solid three stars of merit. The only major sadness is that Ian Anderson no longer has the voice that accompanied him from 1968 to 1985.

It is a concept album, just like The Zealot Gene was, the album that preceded RökFlöte, and it is no longer centered on purely biblical or theological themes, as the previous album was; here, in fact, we are faced with songs more or less on the same level, whose subject matter is Norse and Nordic mythology. I must say, however, that in this album, no song stands out above the others.