Stormwatch

Rock · 1979 · 10 tracks

Stormwatch

A dark, nautical conclusion to the band's folk-rock trilogy. Heavy with environmental dread, icy synthesizers, and some of the most aggressive flute work in their catalog.

It's the one where the flute sounds like a hurricane and they're worried about the environment.

A cold, salt-sprayed sense of environmental dread balanced by virtuosic, maritime-themed progressive rock.

Stormwatch · vs · Jethro Tull

Winter+1.9σ

Winter saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks

01

North Sea Oil

3:11

02

Orion

3:58

03

Home

2:45

04

Dark Ages

9:14

05

Warm Sporran

3:35

06

Something’s on the Move

4:27

07

Old Ghosts

4:23

08

Dun Ringill

2:42

09

Flying Dutchman

7:46

10

Elegy

3:34

Moments Worth Waiting For

The transition from the delicate acoustic fingerpicking of Dun Ringill into the ominous, sprawling synth-and-guitar weight of Flying Dutchman.

The marching, bagpipe-mimicking flute melody in Warm Sporran that feels like a grim military procession through the highlands.

The nine-minute mark of Dark Ages where the tension finally breaks into a frantic, spiraling instrumental interplay between Barre and Anderson.

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