Grand Tour’s Clocks That Tick (But Never Talk) follows up their outstanding post-apocalyptic 2015 release Heavy On The Beach with an album inspired by Hew Montgomery’s career in Mental Health services, combined with his interest in conspiracy theories, particularly the…
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‘Sooner or Later the World will Wake Up’ – the first spoken words by Satish Kumar on Planetary Overload Part 1: Loss, the second ambitious album from the United Progressive Fraternity, sum up the hope that inspires this release. As…
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Under Stars is the third album from John Mitchell project Lonely Robot, diversifying from his impressive career as guitarist, producer and vocalist with bands such as It Bites, Frost*, Arena and Kino. Using the ‘Astronaut’ central character as an observer,…
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Cosmograf has resurfaced with the remarkably heavy but introspective Mind Over Depth, their first new album since 2017’s The Hay-Man Dreams. It may be wise for Cosmograf fans to metaphorically don a deep sea diving suit, helmet and lead boots…
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SWX, Bristol Thursday, 21st March 2019 In the week leading up to what was meant to be our glorious (?) Brexit Day for the U.K. it was perhaps appropriate that Bristol was treated to a cosmopolitan show from two fine…
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In November last year TPA’s Leo Trimming met with This Winter Machine at HRH Prog in North Wales, prior to their performance, and interviewed the majority of the band (second guitarist Graham Garbett had not yet arrived). The conversation ranged…
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A Tower Of Clocks is the much anticipated second album by Yorkshire progressive rock band This Winter Machine. They came out of nowhere in 2016 as an unknown band who produced the highly regarded and increasingly popular The Man Who…
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U.L.U., London Saturday, 2nd March 2019 Italian Progressive Rock legends P.F.M. recently played to a sold out and very enthusiastic crowd at the U.L.U. in London. I have to confess to only being recently more fully aware of P.F.M., having…
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RPWL return with their first original studio album since 2014’s Wanted, with songs seemingly inspired by science fiction in Tales From Outer Space. These are not corny tales of sci-fi pulp fiction but vehicles for the band to shine a…
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We are Seven is the latest live release by Welsh progressive rock stalwarts Magenta, laying out in full their classic Seven and their most recent album We Are Legend. These are contrasting albums, displaying their musical versatility and fecund imagination,…
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