“Our style of music has an in for a type of personality like Steven Wilson and Robert Fripp – let’s call it the ‘control freak madman’”: How Caligula’s Horse searched for a new direction and new message with Rise Radiant

Caligula's Horse.

There’s an old saying in boxing: it’s not how many times you get knocked down, it’s how many times you get back up. In 2020 Caligula’s Horse defied the prevailing mood of doom and gloom with the uplifting Rise Radiant, and lead guitarist Sam Vallen told Prog about the beauty of human fragility, becoming a dad – and how a control freak trusted someone else with the mixing duties.

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