Progressive rock can be a difficult beast to tame, particularly when the music is attached to a concept, but RPWL have no issue showing how capable they are at all of this with their latest LP, Crime Scene. Released just last month via their label, Gentle Art of Music, the Bavarian art rock collective has taken this opportunity to engage with the morbid, the perverse, the grim, the evil within good, and the unpredictable diversity of human behaviour. If you know the band from their previous record, like 2019’s Tales from Outer Space, then you would know that they take the themes they select for their record very seriously, examining them from every possible perspective and diving deep into the chosen subject matter. Featuring six dense and well-articulated new songs, this is now remarkably...
