A Liquid Landscape

Spacy and ambitious, Dutch band A Liquid Landscape strike a balance between the heavy and the esoteric with their progressive rock sound. Consisting of guitarist Niels van Dam, bassist Robert van Dam, guitarist/vocalist Fons Herder, and drummer Coen Speelman, the quartet has a sound that seems to be constantly working toward some kind of musical equilibrium, never allowing itself to get so heavy as to be abrasive, or so cerebral that it becomes an academic exercise. After touring for a couple years and sharing the stage with bands like Thrice and Anathema, the band went into t...