Artist : MoodMan

Album : Man of the New Age

Release Date : 28-02-2019

Added : 08-05-2019

After 'Benjamin Simpson' and his album 'Broken Figurines' (see here), here's a Polish artist 'Witold Rolnik' who releases his first studio album 'Man of the New Age' and which is a concept album that addresses topics related to life in the 21st century and this desire that we all have to live better in our current world. If I mentioned 'Benjamin Simpson', it's because these two artists have one thing in common : they are influenced by the progressive rock of the '70s and by listening to the first eponymous title of the album of 'Witold Rolnik', I found myself in a world familiar with this atmospheric ambiance that envelops you in a delicate way and quietly unfolds a beautiful melody with alternating tensions and relaxation with of course the name of 'Roger Waters' that comes immediately to mind and who brings back to the compositions of the American. The whole is a series of melancholy compositions but above enough optimistic in this atmospheric atmosphere where the music is there to serve the lyrics as in 'I'm Stuck Here' and this feeling of being stuck in the routine of the daily life is very well rendered by a haunting and repetitive melody but grows on the end to image a possible freedom. In summary, the Polish 'Witold Rolnik' releases a promising first album that already shows all his compositional talents, and, as I said for 'Benjamin Simpson', certainly has all the abilities to forge his own name and evolve to not to get stuck with this label of too much 'Waterian' influences...

Line Up / Musicians

Witold Rolnik (Vocal, Guitar, Piano, Keybords) + Guests : Pawel Korbacz, Jan Mazurek, Pawel Pelczynski, Sergiusz Suporn, Karolina Supron, Hania Sztachanska, Aleksandra Mackowiak, Katarzyna Nowak, Joanna Stach, Jakub Frydrych, Bartek Kucz, Stanislaw Supron