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Blackbox (2017)

Major Parkinson's fourth studio album arrived near the end of 2017, and is arguably their darkest and most atmospheric work. Rather than the series of theatrical vignettes found in Twilight Cinema, it presents a unified, immersive world — vast, shadowy, and dreamlike. The album moves with the coherence of a single, cinematic experience, blending ambient electronica with progressive rock, pop hooks, orchestral arrangements and the band's trademark theatrical flair.

True to its name, Blackbox explores themes like memory, loss, oblivion, and the vastness of the universe. A prevalent sense of existential weight sets it apart from their earlier discography, and this is perhaps the moment where the band fully embraced large-scale world-building, sweeping orchestration, and densely layered production.

Partly written and recorded in an isolated cabin perched on a mountain ledge overlooking the dramatic Skjervsfossen waterfall near Voss, the album carries the atmosphere of its birthplace. Like Twilight Cinema, it was brought into the world under the capable guidance of producer Yngve Sætre — but with a new level of cohesion and ambition that would shape the band’s future direction.