One year after "Waiting For Miracles", which was released in 2019 and received much praise, The Flower Kings, led by Roine Stolt (Transatlantic, The Sea Within, Anderson/Stolt etc.), are already back with their next album, Corona-related, as Stolt explains: "All shows and festivals were cancelled like countless artists, but sitting around lazily was not an option for us, no virus is going to stop us! Since we have members in Sweden, Italy, the USA and Austria, we used the magic of the internet and formed this 21 song strong 'double album', which with 93 minutes playing time and triple LP format is even more opulent than its predecessor
Musically, The Flower Kings have remained true to themselves and show themselves to be even more playful and complex on "Islands" than on the predecessor and inspire with a detailed, organic sound