Pineapple Thief - Versions Of The TruthVinyl LP pressing. 2020 release. The Pineapple Thief are one of the leading lights of Europe's experimental rock domain, led by post progressive mastermind Bruce Soord and reinforced by Gavin Harrison (King Crimson) on drums. With the release of this new opus, The Pineapple Thief raise the standard yet again, having delivered quite possibly one of the most important albums of 2020. Versions Of The Truth creates a conceptual progression from

Here the composer writes short preludes that could be used to introduce suite cycles in the corresponding keys and were supposed to school and inspire the musician's own gifts of invention

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Tom Bourgeois (tenor saxophone and bass clarinet) and Fil Caporali (upright bass) use all of their melodic and rhythmic freedom to create a rich musical discussion with a wide range of sound textures

which combines singing

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with archives and exclusive interviews with the participants

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