Caligula’s Horse are to return with a new album.
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Australian prog rockers Caligula’s Horse have announced their first album in four years. Charcoal Grace will come out on January 24 via InsideOutMusic. The ninesong, hour-long LP will be a more progressive effort than 2020 predecessor, Rise Radiant, with a loose concept related to the band’s experiences during the pandemic. Lead single Golem is currently available to watch on YouTube and via streaming services.
“We jokingly refer to Charcoal Grace as,‘What did we learn in the pandemic?’” guitarist, composer and co-founder Sam Vallen tells Prog.“There’s a continual thread of that throughout the record. Either it’s looking out and seeing things you hoped you wouldn’t see in society, like the people who immediately became 100 per cent individualist, or looking internally. How do you be an artist in this world and interact with it in a creative sense?”