Einar Solberg from Norwegian art rockers Leprous joins guest host Dario Albrecht this week on the Progtalks. Their seventh album “Aphelion” is coming on August 27, so we talked about the unusual songwriting and recording process, the challenge of writing a song guided by fans and also the role of guitar solos in prog music.

Leprous is:

Einar Solberg - vocals/keys

Tor Oddmund Suhrke - guitars

Robin Ognedal - guitars

Simen Børven - bass

Baard Kolstad - drums

(Band Photos by Bjørn Tore Moen)

Discography:

Tall Poppy Syndrome (2009)

Bilateral (2011)

Coal (2013)

The Congregation (2015)

Malina (2017)

Pitfalls (2019)

Aphelion (2021)

Follow Leprous:

Website: http://leprous.net/

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

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/leprousband

Spotify: https://bit.ly/LeprousSpotify

Shop: www.omerch.com/shop/leprous

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Main Host: Rune Belsvik Reinås, Guest host for this episode: Dario Albrecht

Produced by Rune Belsvik Reinås, Vanessa and Matthias Kirsch

All graphics and animations by Vanessa Kirsch

Intro theme by Giuseppe Negri - Follow:  https://www.youtube.com/user/Skybladeprogmetal

Outro themes by Zach Munowitz - Follow:  https://zachmunowitz.com/

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