In this new episode of the Progtalks, Stefan Altzar of Swedish Prog Rockers PreHistoric Animals talks about his love for It Bites, the importance of humour in music and of course their brand new album “The Magical Mystery Machine - Chapter Two”. We also reminisce about fun past tour shenanigans at ProgPower Europe as well as look at upcoming concert plans.

Chapters:

00:55 Introducing Stefan

02:10 The new PhA album is about to drop! And the artwork is gorgeous!

04:00 The journey from Consider it a Work of Art to The Magical Mystery Machine

06:42 The musical universe of PreHistoric Animals: focus on SONGwriting

13:15 Composing Chapter 1 and Chapter 2

20:30 The Magical Mystery Machine: The Story

23:55 DIY Music Videos: the making of What A Lucky & Ghostfires videos

29:37 Pretentiousness and taking everything a bit too serious in the prog world: adding humour!

🎵 PreHistoric Animals is:

Samuel Granath - drums and keys

Stefan Altzar - vocals, guitars and keys

Daniel Magdic - guitars and keys

Noah Magnusson - bass

💿 Discography:

Consider it a work of art (2018)

The Magical Mystery Machine - Chapter One (2020)

The Magical Mystery Machine - Chapter Two (2022)

✔️ Follow PreHistoric Animals:

Website: https://prehistoricanimalsmusic.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PrehistoricAnimalsMusic

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prehistoricanimalsmusic/

Youtube: https://bit.ly/PreHistoricAnimalsYouTube

Bandcamp: https://prehistoricanimals.bandcamp.com/

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3KAJ0ei

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