New album Foregone out February 2023

[GraemeSinclair]

I've wanted to hear Jotun live for 19 years, more than any other song except perhaps December Flower. If it comes back on this leg of touring and I miss out by accident of geography, it'll be a sore one unless it sticks around long enough for their next pass through Scotland. I absolutely loved hearing Food for the Gods last year, but Jotun is on another level.

Crawl Through Knives is, for my money, the best song on Come Clarity and one of their best overall, but I don't really like how in all the live performances I've heard, Anders seems to sing the high harmony line in the chorus rather than what is, to my ears at least, the main melody.

 

[mindd]

Aaaand they played absolutely nothing interesting, same boring setlist.

 

[Xpyro125]

Apparently the setlist on the 1st had FFTG and Coerced Coexistence— Which honestly, I don’t remember the last time I’ve heard about them playing it live.
Edit: they played CC in 2024, so I guess never mind on that front.

But Graveland? MYM?

Even worse, most of the setlist has the problem of being filled with more mid-paced songs. I like Paralyzed more than I probably should, but Everything’s Gone is infinitely better for live play, especially with Anders’ not great singing voice live.

It can be worse, nothing from Battles made it into the setlist, but I remember the show I went to having a far better setlist. Huge mixed bag here.

 

[The Grayfox]

They're in desperate need of a setlist overhaul. I had hopes that the Spotify playlist was a hint of what this tour's set could look like, but obviously that wasn't the case. Don't get me wrong, Food for the Gods and Coerced Coexistence are great songs, but it's time to mix it up a bit. And Graveland? Again? Why in the fuck do they keep going back to this song instead of playing something else from TJR? Jesus Christ.

 

[eochaid]

When are they going to start the touring cycle for the new album?

 

[DE4life]

They're just extremely boring middle aged guys. It's evident in their setlists, their music and their interviews.