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AIRBAG – Dysphoria (Live in the Netherlands)
- Posted On 27-10-2025
RELEASE YEAR: 2025
BAND URL: https://airbagsound.bandcamp.com/album/airbag-dysphoria-live-in-the-netherlands
A live album by Norwegian prog rock stalwarts Airbag is not something to be taken lightly; it is a huge-sounding representation of some of their most outstanding and inspired epics being performed by a tight, well-oiled machine that knows exactly how to stir the senses and stimulate the mind of the audience. Captured for posterity at the legendary and prog-friendly venue Poppodium Boerderij in Zoetermeer last year and bolstered by a perfectly crisp sound adding heaps of atmospherics to the proceedings, this offering serves as a great reminder of just how emotionally charged these fine compositions truly are and how well they translate to the live format and context.
Compared to their studio counterparts, the eight tracks included here contain a little more vigor and vibrancy, benefitting from being played organically in front of an appreciative audience. The pristine riffs and beautiful melodies steadily work their magic and transport you elsewhere, and although the arrangements differ very little from the studio versions, there is joy to be found in these slightly more muscular and punchy live pieces. Different nuances are highlighted and emphasized, thereby creating an excellent alternative to what it means to immerse oneself in the outfit’s richly textured world of sound. As fabulous are these chaps are in the studio, their Pink Floyd-esque material really comes alive on stage as evidenced by Dysphoria.
This is a wonderful celebration of a stellar (and ongoing) career and also a stunning display of just how fearfully ambitious and thoroughly timeless Airbag’s song material unarguably is. Old fans will want this, but newbies could potentially begin here also. If you are a fan of Steven Wilson, No-Man, and Porcupine Tree, you cannot allow yourself to miss out on this inspired act’s upcoming opus.
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