Belgian post-rock We Stood Like Kings are playing with light and shade on their new album Pinocchio, switching between gentle piano, neo=clssical inspired progressive rock and full on heavy metal. They have built a wall of sound, but left some room for a door and a couple of windows. It is a widescreen music, with attention to detail, zooming in and out by way of sound.
The band have been part of the instrumental rock underground, catering to an audience that can handle adventure and time signatures that people can't dance too. They took the story of a wooden toy puppet that wants to become a boy of flesh and blood, questioning both its motifs and the ones of its creator. It is their most ambitious effort to date. Concept albums often suffer from plot holes, but since they don't use words, it is up to the listeners to create the story themselves.
