Leprous release "Alleviate"

2019-09-20 by Toondude | 36 Comments
Norwegian prog act Leprous have officially released the 2nd song off their upcoming record Pitfalls, which is scheduled to be released on October 25th. The song, entitled "Alleviate", demonstrates the band's further deviation from their original sound, focusing more attention towards the electronica moments and Einar's vocals.

Listen here:


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Mythodea
September 20th 2019
7459 Comments


Nice touches here and there. This is going to be either a huge success of an album, or lukewarm experimentation.

ExhaleTheLight
September 20th 2019
1225 Comments


Loved it. This band literally changed their sound every record and it’s worked for them so far

Pikazilla
September 20th 2019
32373 Comments


Song is boring. Looks like this will be a first disappointing Leprous album for me.

Toondude10
September 20th 2019
15373 Comments


if this is nothing more than an Einar solo project, I'm okay with that. Really enjoyed this one.

Pikazilla
September 20th 2019
32373 Comments


He should've just gone solo and released this as a solo album. I want a frigging Leprous album, not an Einar album.

TheNotrap
September 20th 2019
19369 Comments


Leprous goes Bjork

Song is boring [2], but his voice is really something

Rik VII
September 20th 2019
4130 Comments


... What about this exactly makes you think of Björk?

I imagine the song will work well as a refresher on the record, but it's nothing spectacular on its own (except for the vocals of course).

TheNotrap
September 20th 2019
19369 Comments


It was basically the first thing that came to mind when I started listening to the song

Pikazilla
September 20th 2019
32373 Comments


Imagine seeing this live: Einar singing his heart out and the rest of the band are just like, "k, cool"

TheNotrap
September 20th 2019
19369 Comments


It could work if they play in small, more intimate places. But I understand what you're saying, it looks like this album will be Einar & The Leprous.

misho87233
September 20th 2019
93 Comments


Yeah, this does nothing for me.. I started listening to Leprous for their mix between progmetal and rock with crazy instruments.. now that they are more atmospheric poprock, I just can't care about their music anymore - not my style sadly

Beardog
September 20th 2019
6514 Comments


You should edit that description, there are basically no electronics in this song except for the intro... Might be true for the whole record but it is kinda unfitting for this news-article. The song sounds super organic, I love it!

CugnoBrasso
September 20th 2019
3491 Comments


I hate this with a strong burning passion.

Mythodea
September 20th 2019
7459 Comments


They are becoming more KScope than Inside Out, that's all

ItsTheSquirrel
September 20th 2019
889 Comments


lowkey gonna be album of the year

BlazinBlitzer
September 20th 2019
2029 Comments


This was honestly much better than the last single if mainly because the runtime worked in the band's favor this time around.

JohnDillinger
September 20th 2019
373 Comments


Unlike Steven Wilson, Leprous clearly fucking blow at working their prog background into a pop song. Lame track, but godspeed, they delivered several prog masterpieces already, that will last me a while.

botb
September 20th 2019
19838 Comments


Flirting more and more with just straight pop, but don’t hate it

RustCohle
September 20th 2019
447 Comments


hmmm, they changed their sound to Pop-music...

Dmax28
September 20th 2019
1454 Comments


Bilateral was mind blowing. Haven't liked them since.

CosmicPie
September 20th 2019
2901 Comments


The rest of the band's skill tossed to the wayside again... Einar does have awesome vocals, but yea, it does sound like his solo-project now.

Scheumke
September 20th 2019
2875 Comments


I kinda enjoyed it but it annoyed me to no end that he went straight for the headvoice falcetto again and again the moment the band really kicked in. Could've been so much better without that.

Shiranui
September 20th 2019
1106 Comments


Excellent entry for ESC 2020, Norway.

grandbazaar
September 20th 2019
154 Comments


love the song build-up

Alucard125
September 21st 2019
671 Comments


If Leprous entered Eurovision that would be pretty cool.

kalkwiese
September 21st 2019
11052 Comments


Song is great, really digging it

Flugmorph
September 21st 2019
35426 Comments


rules

MetalSoliloquy
September 21st 2019
18 Comments


Just a freaking great pop song.

Titan
September 22nd 2019
26578 Comments


This is trash. So is this band.

One good record.

AssassinSoap
September 22nd 2019
53 Comments


rules

kalkwiese
September 22nd 2019
11052 Comments


More like 5 good records. And a 6th one is coming

FearThyEvil
September 23rd 2019
19402 Comments


I couldn't agree more with people wishing this was a solo project. Really not good imo at all

mdross95
September 23rd 2019
33 Comments


> One good record.

retarded take

> He should've just gone solo and released this as a solo album. I want a frigging Leprous album, not an Einar album.

yeah this new direction blows. give me coal/congregation era leprous please

Ethanodd
September 23rd 2019
42 Comments


The Congregation was the best album these guys ever made. It combined the raw/heavy with the more atmospheric/experimental direction and it was truly cohesive.

I don't think these new songs sound bad, but they really have no trace of Leprous in them. I thought Golden Prayers was a signal of a return to Congregation-era sound, but eh. They still play the hits live.

kalkwiese
September 24th 2019
11052 Comments


2/2 good songs at this point < 3 Album is gonna be solid, I can feel it

sizeofanocean
September 25th 2019
3767 Comments


Golden Prayers is underrated
I liked the first single more but it's alright. Dunno how i'll feel about an entire album in this vein though



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