Phil Lively

…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – IX

Once again I come to this review with little more knowledge of the band than hearing their name and no knowledge or their previous albums. The album has been out long enough for you to find other reviews so I…

Rhys Marsh – Sentiment

I’m listening to Sentiment by Rhys Marsh. I’m mindful that some people will already be familiar with his work but I was not. Did you read my Mandala review? Perhaps that’s where you’ve heard of Rhys Marsh before. This is…

Schnellertollermeier – X

As many of you already know, I’ve been living in a box for the last two decades so I know nothing about anything. Perhaps less. That means I didn’t know about SCHNELLERTOLLERMEIER. I can see that the name is basically…

Anthony Phillips – The Geese And The Ghost (2CD/DVD Edition)

I’m taking a look at the latest reissue of Anthony Phillips’s 1977 debut solo record, The Geese And The Ghost. Over the years, and to my shame, I had pieced together a kind of composite memory of Anthony Phillips’s later…

Mandala – Midnight Twilight

Mandala is a Sanskrit word describing a spiritual and ritual symbol used in Hinduism and Buddhism, representing the Universe. They place themselves in the genre of Folk-noir / Eastern-influenced progressive rock. But then, who doesn’t these days! Mandala initially seemed,…

We Are Kin – Pandora

This is a mature and well realised album. Pandora is awash with melodic and varied compositions that are multi-layered and complex, plus there is an underlying narrative describing a potential future. You can get lost in it all. Not really…

Stearica – Fertile

Stearica, from Torino, Italy, have been around for about 10 years. This is only their second album so even though I have actually been living in a box for the last decade could I be blamed for never having heard…

Synaesthesia – Synaesthesia

I’ve been aware of this album for some time now. It keeps popping up in some of the Facebook groups I frequent and yet I’d just never got around to listening to it so it seems a little late in…

At War With Self – Circadian Rhythm Disorder

Circadian Rhythm Disorder, released by Glenn Snelwar under the band name of At War With Self, is an unconventional concept album. Most progressive acts have a concept and then they fit music to it. Glenn Snelwar is the realiser not…

The Afro Circus – Journey To The Center Of The Ear

Firstly, who are the Afro Circus? Well they are a Boston (Massachusetts, USA) based guy called Josh Goldberg (with a little help from his friends). Josh is a guitarist but mainly a Chapman Stick player (or Stickist)… you know, that…

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Author: Phil Lively