Oddleaf, a French band, has spent the last four years crafting their premier opus. A beautifully written and performed album with a distinctly nostalgic feel, enhanced by the rich vintage instruments used. The discerning listener will detect both Hammond organ…
View More Oddleaf – Where Ideal And Denial CollideAuthor: Tony Colvill
Rosalie Cunningham – To Shoot Another Day
Rosalie Cunningham’s latest album, To Shoot Another Day marks her first project recorded in her home studio, blending both analogue and digital techniques. The anticipation is palpable as we dive into her third solo album. This record, reminiscent of a…
View More Rosalie Cunningham – To Shoot Another DayGrice – Mordant Lake
The best thing about a Grice album is that whatever is delivered, quality is assured. Mordant Lake continues the current trend of an album with eight songs, which range from simple constructions to multi-layered compositions. The production values are high.…
View More Grice – Mordant LakePatchwork Cacophony – Hourglass
An expected surprise. I thought having bought the Broken Parachute collaboration, that a Ben Bell solo effort might bring another choice of similar highs. It doesn’t but it doesn’t need to, it has its own perfectly adequate choice, different as…
View More Patchwork Cacophony – HourglassAmy Birks – In Our Souls
This is Amy Birks’ second solo album, following on from Beatrix Players and her solo debut, All That I Am and All That I Was. ‘Chamber Progressive Music,’ your grandmother would not have said ‘Turn down that awful racket!’ either.…
View More Amy Birks – In Our SoulsH.G. Wells – The Mantle
Some may recall that last year I reviewed Howard Boder’s Atlantis. Encouraged by the words, Howard has teamed up with a friend from one of his original groups, taking the works of Erich von Däniken, alien conspirator and interpreter for…
View More H.G. Wells – The MantleGrice – Polarchoral
It’s been an emotional few weeks, and the new album due from Grice, Polarchoral, is the right vessel to draw together those emotions. This is closer to the norms of The Pineapple Thief or Porcupine Tree, both of whose recent…
View More Grice – PolarchoralGwenno – Tresor
Gwenno has been around for a while, twenty years, touring with Elton John and the Manic Street Preachers during that time. Tresor is her second Cornish language album and is influenced by and inspired by powerful female writers and artists,…
View More Gwenno – TresorDeception Store – Pindaric Flights
When Progressive Rock, Prog, Progressive Music (or however you may wish to name it) had its birth at the end of the 1960s and early ’70s, the place it was most welcomed was Italy. Genesis recorded chart success there before…
View More Deception Store – Pindaric FlightsAli Ferguson – The Contemplative Power Of Water
Do you remember the first time you heard The Dark Side of the Moon? The Contemplative Power of Water by Ali Ferguson is just a bit like that, with much better reference points since we have heard of Pink Floyd,…
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