{"id":7305,"date":"2018-09-28T18:30:37","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T17:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.progradar.org\/?p=7305"},"modified":"2026-08-21T15:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T14:56:16","slug":"rikard-sjobloms-gungfly-launches-video-for-ghost-of-vanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/09\/28\/rikard-sjobloms-gungfly-launches-video-for-ghost-of-vanity\/","title":{"rendered":"Rikard Sj?blom&#8217;s Gungfly launches video for  Ghost of Vanity?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/progradar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gungfly-new-album.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7070\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/progradar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gungfly-new-album-300x300.png?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/progradar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gungfly-new-album.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/progradar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gungfly-new-album.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/progradar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gungfly-new-album.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/progradar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gungfly-new-album.png?w=846&amp;ssl=1 846w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rikard Sj?blom&#8217;s Gungfly<\/strong> recently announced the release of  Friendship, their brand new studio album, due out on November 9th, 2018. Following the release of 2017\u2019s  On Her Journey To The Sun, as well as 2018\u2019s retrospective 5CD collection  Rumbling Box, the band masterminded by former Beardfish frontman &amp; current Big Big Train member Rikard Sj?blom.<\/p>\n<p>Today a video for the track  Ghost of Vanity has been launched and you can watch that here:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F3dmQqBArO0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Rikard comments: <em> A song that really just came to me all at once while I was strumming away on my guitar one day, lyrics and all. I kept singing ?I don\u2019t want no part in this over and over at first and then started partake in. Well, vanity is something I\u2019ve never been a big fan of but one way or another we\u2019re all slaves to it. I think most people, especially teenagers and young adults strive to live up to unrealistic expectations from TV-commercials or the superficial parts of showbiz. I remember when I was a kid and thought everything they said on TV was true, or at least didn\u2019t reflect too much about whether thinking about what it was I didn\u2019t want to it was real or not. No matter how much we try to not care about how cool or pretty or rich we are, I think it gets to us. The ghost of vanity is always present and I guess it takes a lot of reflecting over your own identity and a lot of courage to try to be yourself. I admire those who truly are. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>The album will be available as a limited CD Digipak &amp; gatefold 2LP + CD (both including 3 bonus tracks) as well as digital download. Pre-order now here: <a href=\"https:\/\/royalavenuemedia.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=9c08770c15d7f9c9a43604f0c&amp;id=2ec1c15409&amp;e=eb93ff9c97\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/Gungfly.lnk.to\/Friendship<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The full track-listing is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>1.Ghost of Vanity<br \/>\n2.Friendship<br \/>\n3.They Fade<br \/>\n4.A Treehouse in a Glade<br \/>\n5.Stone Cold<br \/>\n6.If You Fall, Pt. 2<br \/>\n7.Crown of Leaves<br \/>\n8.Slow Dancer (Bonus Track)<br \/>\n9.Past Generation (Bonus Track)<br \/>\n10.Friendship (Utopian Radio Edit) (Bonus Track)<\/p>\n<p>Rikard comments of the musical direction: <em> Musically, what can I say? This is prog rock, but I want to be free to move in whatever direction the music wants to go and I happily go exploring where it wants to take me. Even though there are a few softer songs and sections, most of the album turned out to be a rocker; a collection of hard rock songs with lots of tricky parts, some heavier moments and some downright jazzy elements too! <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Rikard Sjo blom is perhaps best known as the multi-instrumentalist frontman of Beardfish, who established themselves as one of the most consistently brilliant modern-day progressive rock bands over the course of eight studio albums. In recent years, he has also become known for his work with English progressive collective Big Big Train, playing live with them as well as performing on their most recent studio album  The Second Brightest Star as well as the new live album  Merchants of Light.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GUNGFLY online:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/royalavenuemedia.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=9c08770c15d7f9c9a43604f0c&amp;id=bbb4ac4ca5&amp;e=eb93ff9c97\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rikardsjoblom\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/royalavenuemedia.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=9c08770c15d7f9c9a43604f0c&amp;id=00be67437c&amp;e=eb93ff9c97\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.rikardsjoblom.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>INSIDEOUT MUSIC online:<\/strong><br \/>\n<u><\/u><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insideoutmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.insideoutmusic.com<\/a><\/u><br \/>\n<u><\/u><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/InsideOutMusicTV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.youtube.com\/InsideOutMusicTV<\/a><\/u><br \/>\n<u><\/u><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/InsideOutMusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.facebook.com\/InsideOutMusic<\/a><\/u><br \/>\n<u><\/u><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/InsideOutUSA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.twitter.com\/InsideOutUSA<\/a><\/u><br \/>\n<u><\/u><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insideoutmusicshop.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.insideoutmusicshop.com<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rikard Sj?blom&#8217;s Gungfly recently announced the release of Friendship, their brand new studio album, due out on November 9th, 2018. Following the release of 2017\u2019s On Her Journey To The Sun, as well as 2018\u2019s retrospective 5CD collection Rumbling Box, the band masterminded by former Beardfish frontman &amp; current Big Big Train member Rikard Sj?blom. 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