After a four year break since their third album Sacrament White Willow returned with Storm Season, and the cover alludes to what is a very dark and brooding concept album that deals with such sunny subjects like fatal car accidents, suicide and heroin addiction.

“The Dream of the Magic Jongleur” is an impressive creation, especially since it has been conceived, developed and recorded by a single person. And while some friends do help out with some details, this is the vision of one man. A man with a strong and deep affection for yesteryear’s brand of symphonic progressive rock, and who has tried and, at least to my ears, succeeded in crafting a disc filled with music that should find strong favor among others who share his fascination, in particular for the sophisticated varieties of it.