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August 25 Refestramus News Roundup
We ended the week at #211 on the Americana charts and #18 on the Jam Band charts. It's also been a great week for Refestramus on the Spotify playlists. Thanks to the following playlists for adding Refestramus in the past week! PSYCHEDELIC ROCK PROG Southern Jack...
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Betreutesproggen.de gives Intouríst 10 stars!
Somehow or another, we managed to miss this article published back on July 22, 2024, but very happy to see kind words from the site about our latest album, Intouríst. They, quite rightly, observe that it is a very varied album that has some stuff going on beyond...
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Intouríst premiers at #18 on the Jam Band Charts!
A most unexpected but extremely pleasant surprise: our second album, Intouríst, has skyrocketed to #18 on the Jam Band charts this month! Please give a listen to one of the many college and community radio stations now playing our music across the USA!
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Anne Carlini call Intouríst a “…magnificent new recording”
We were thrilled to discover a new review of our album Intouríst which heaps praise on every song on the album. Definitely check out the review and pick up a copy of the album, if you are so inclined!
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6 out of 7 stars for Intouríst!
The lovely folks at Progressor.net have followed up their "mini-review" from last month with an official, full review and rating this month. They end the review by asking if we will be touring. Stay tuned for further answers very soon indeed! 🙂
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“Let it Rock” declares Intouríst an “…intoxicating drive to a rendezvous between written word and musical passage”
We were thrilled to read Dmitri Epstein's brilliant review of our latest album, Intouríst. Besides being an amazing review, it gets special credit for also being the first to spot that our song title "Intouríst Suite" is a pun (since foreigners traveling in the USSR...
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Prog Thief gives Intouríst the “thumbs up”!
There has been an excellent review of our latest album published in the German-language Prog Rock blog, The Prog Thief. Favorite tracks are mentioned as "DMK", "The Devil Returns" and "Intouríst Suite", which seems to be a recurring collection a lot of our fans are...
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Red+ says Intouríst “redefines the contours of progressive rock”
What an amazing and pleasant surprise to find a review from last April in Red+ - completely in Spanish - singing the praises of our latest album, Intouríst. Given our presence in and love for South America - especially Paraguay, where much of our material is written...
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Progressor.net declares our new album “Intouríst” to be a “love letter to the music and spirit of the 1970s” that is “worth a check”
I think this review really hits the nail on the head in terms of what we tried to achieve with our latest album, why we love it, and why we think many of you will love it to. We don't get hung up on specific genres, but Prog is definitely our favorite. Read the full...
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Progressive Rock Journal names Intouríst a “recommended listen”
Jacopo Vigezzi from the Progressive Rock Journal has just published a great, in-depth review of our latest album, "Intouríst". The review concludes with the assessment that they would recommend our album for "...all lovers of the more modern sounds of Progressive...