Two-and-a-half years after DBA enthralled melodic rock fans with their tremendous fourth album, the bucolic Halcyon Hymns, they return to our CD players and turntables with their latest effort, Celestial Songs. Dave Bainbridge, Andy Hodge and Ash Soan are on…
View More Downes Braide Association – Celestial SongsAuthor: Magnus Moar
Ten – Something Wicked This Way Comes
Something Wicked This Way Comes is the second of a brace of albums written and recorded by Ten during the Covid-19 pandemic. The first of this brace was Here Be Monsters which was released at the start of 2022. Wisely,…
View More Ten – Something Wicked This Way ComesMarillion – Holidays In Eden [Deluxe Edition]
Parlophone/Warner have now almost completed their run of deluxe set reissues from Marillion’s original eight-album run with EMI; Holidays In Eden is the seventh and Season’s End will complete the series when it is released in 2023. Each of these…
View More Marillion – Holidays In Eden [Deluxe Edition]Porcupine Tree – Closure/Continuation
In an unusual move for TPA, here we offer a selection of views on the forthcoming and fervently anticipated (by many) new album from a reanimated Porcupine Tree, due in one month from… Now. Magnus Moar Porcupine Tree finally return…
View More Porcupine Tree – Closure/ContinuationMarillion
Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, London Friday, 26th November 2021 The bond of affection between Marillion and their fans is well established and well known. The band that pioneered crowdfunding back in 1997 succeeded in that endeavour due to the love and…
View More MarillionMark Kelly – Marillion
With bands finally able to get back out in the UK and play live, Marillion are embarking on some dates as part of their ‘The Light at the End of the Tunnel’ tour, starting on 14th November in Hull and…
View More Mark Kelly – MarillionPeter Braidis – Asia: Every Album, Every Song (On Track)
The On Track series now enjoys an impressively large catalogue. For anyone new to Sonicbond’s series, the titles focus on individual artists and provide biographical data of the band, their releases and a complete overview and analysis of every track…
View More Peter Braidis – Asia: Every Album, Every Song (On Track)Sylvan – One To Zero
Six years after Home, Hamburg-based neo-prog outfit Sylvan return with their tenth studio album, entitled One To Zero. The band have said that this latest, clocking in around 65 minutes, is another concept album – this time an autobiography of…
View More Sylvan – One To ZeroChris Braide & Geoff Downes – DBA
With their fourth studio album, Halcyon Hymns, released today, TPA’s Magnus Moar recently spoke to Chris Braide and Geoff Downes about the making of the new Downes Braide Association release and working under lockdown… Chris Braide Chris, you’ve just moved…
View More Chris Braide & Geoff Downes – DBADownes Braide Association – Halcyon Hymns
With going on tour having become an impossibility in the current situation, many artists have instead been working hard in their homes and studios on new albums. No more poignantly can this be seen than in the case of Downes…
View More Downes Braide Association – Halcyon Hymns