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Ethereal Melodies - Track of the week PROGmag

“Terrific starting point”
• 2nd best new artist of the year 2024
• PROG’s Limelight artist 2024

PROG mag – n°155 & 156 – LINK

“5/5, partly because they just appeared out of nowhere with a super fresh unique sound !”

Dean Wolfe – @Prog Dog – LINK

“If you like keyboard dominated prog-rock with female vocals, long songs, you’ve come to the right place !” 4/5 star

Pete Pardo – @Sea of Tranquility – LINK

“Best album of the year 2024, Best debut album of the year 2024, Best song of the year 2024”

Mark Monforti – Prog Rock.com – LINK

“This is a very solid debut album!”

@The Prog Report – LINK

“This band really impressed me. This is a marvelous progressive rock album!”

@Classic Album Review – LINK

“At Progzilla, we love the album”

Mike Whitfield @Progzilla Radio – LINK

9 / 10 “Oddleaf should make a big splash with their debut, if there is any justice in the world.”

Jason Spencer – theprogmind.com – LINK

“Very high recommendation”

Michael Rogowski – @NotesReviews – LINK

“8,5/10” “An amazing debut album !”

Scot Lade @The Prog Corner – LINK

“Album of the Month” – Place N°11/146)

Jef Bek – @Epic Prog Radio – LINK

5 / 5

Kevin Carmony – Progradio .com – LINK

“As a debut album, this is phenomenal, and I hope it heralds great things to come. It has become one of my highlights of 2024!” – Place N°11/146)

Tony Colvill @The Progressive Aspect – LINK

“Highly Recommended”

Marcel Haster – liveprog.nl – LINK

“Highly Recommended! Prog-Rock Lovers are in for a Treat”

Douwe Fledderus – progvisions.nl – LINK

“What a fantastic debut! The french prog-rock band ODDLEAF presents a brilliantly diverse prog-rock album”

Thoralf Koß – @Musikreviews – LINK

“Symphonic Splendor and Progressive Rock Mastery”

progressiverockcentral.com – LINK

“79% (Very Good Album)” “Yearly Ranking: 9th/784”

NTTR – No Time to Review – LINK

“Synth-centered goodness present throughout the whole album”

@The Progspace – LINK

“Every year, new bands emerge, but few reach the writing maturity of Oddleaf right from the start.”

Collectif @Webzine Albumrock – LINK

“It’s a very good album”

Claudio Bustamante – @Fairfaxcitymusic – LINK

“A true Masterpiece”

Jacopo Vigezzi – progrockjournal.com – LINK

“Simply THE revelation of prog rock made in France, with their debut album that immediately places them at the top of the must-watch bands. Essential.”

Tony B – @Music Waves – LINK

“What an excellent, beautiful debut by this fantastic band. It brings me back to why I fell in love with progressive rock”

The ProgNaut – @Musikreviews – LINK

“Highly Recommended”

David Edwards – progradar.org – LINK

1. The Eternal Tree (2:07)
2. Life (11:32)
3. Ethereal Melodies (7:56)
4. Back In Time (14:25)
5. Prelude (1:05)
6. Coexistence – Part I (11:21)

Total time: 48 minutes
Release: October 11, 2024
Recorded at Jondy STUDIO (FR)
Produced by Artis Rouser
Mixed and Engineered by Yann Van Eijk
Mastered by Jacob Holm-Lupo
Cover artwork by Nele Diel
Storytelling by Jean-Jacques Clottu
Photos by Amaury Gillet
Layout by Marius Hoiset
Voice-over on “Back in Time” by Dan Curtis