Men Who Climb Mountains

Pendragon's tenth album is entitled Men Who Climb Mountains. It's a "long musical journey." Barrett reports in his blog: "Sometimes I get asked to write a detailed description of what all the songs are about. It takes about two hours. This time I thought, 'Sod it - what it's all about is in the lyrics! Leave it to people to find their own dimension in it; it's much more fun. "Most of the songs came from ideas that just came out of playing my guitar and piano over the last couple of years, and messing around with new sounds, particularly delays and vibrato. He says that while the overall effect is "very melodic," individual tracks present different atmospheres including atmospheric, lo-fi, rocky and sublime - and he adds of the song In Bardo: "Yup, a welcome return to some of the Dragon's jazz-rock past." Men Who Climb Mountains is Pendragon's first album with drummer Craig Blundell, following the departure of Nick Higham. The band tour Europe towards the end of the year with three UK dates included:.