BETWEEN A ROCK AND A PROG PLACE: AVKRVST’S SIMON BERGSETH – “THE PROG COMMUNITY IN NORWAY IS REALLY STRONG”

What truly is progressive music? Each month BraveWords will aim to dissect that answer with a thorough overview of the current musical climate that is the prog world. Old and new, borrowed and blue. A musical community without borders. So watch for a steady and spaced-out array of features, current news and a buyer’s guide checklist to enhance the forward-thinking musical mind. So, welcome to BraveWords’ monthly column appropriately titled, Between A Rock In A Prog Place.

In this month’s column, we speak to Avkrvst singer/multi-instrumentalist Simon Bergseth (whose band has just issued their debut full-length, The Approbation), about the album, their mysterious name, and the state of prog in their home country of Norway.