The experiences of childhood can have a profound effect upon our adult life. Our early memories might trigger pleasure, nostalgia or embarrassment; but in some cases, they may be so traumatic they leave us scarred for life. Should we attempt…
View More Drowning Steps – The Bravery Of A Tireless Mind: Book One
In Memory of Peter Farrelly There are few reunions in progressive rock as improbable as this one. While many old groups have been reuniting over the last two decades for a few live dates or possibly even an album here…
View More Fruupp And Friends – Solace
Many bands have performed with an orchestra. From Metallica to Procol Harum, Deep Purple to Emerson Lake & Palmer, rock musicians have sought out the credibility and beauty that playing with a symphony can bring. However, there’s a huge difference…
View More John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest – Philharmonic! The Orchestral Concert
John Mitchell’s solo project Lonely Robot first appeared in 2015 with the Please Come Home album, utilising a central ‘Astronaut’ figure as an Observer, in a finely crafted album of accessible rock songs with a progressive edge. The Lonely Robot…
View More Lonely Robot – An Ending
So three years ago, The Fierce And The Dead released News From The Invisible World, and perhaps confounded expectations by making a vocal album, after years of indie instrumental mayhem. Whilst this strategy could have been viewed as risky by…
View More The Fierce And The Dead – Regional Theatre
With the sheer volume of albums arriving at TPA, we are generally unable to cover singles or EPs. However, as Yukimushi / Ame Ni Chiru clocks in at around the half hour mark, and neatly ties in with Gen Jitsu…
View More Kumorigahara – Yukimushi / Ame Ni Chiru | Gen Jitsu Mu
For those of you who are late to the party, and are not immediately familiar with Claire Hamill, shame of you, if collaborations with Wishbone Ash and Steve Howe, of Yes, are not enough to have caught your ear, then…
View More Claire Hamill Band – A House Among The Trees
The Emerald Dawn recently released the second part of their epic two-disc project and, as per the band’s versatility, it runs the whole gamut of styles that this powerful four piece have in their arsenal. The three multipart tracks on…
View More The Emerald Dawn – The Land, The Sea, The Air (Volume II)
Exploring Birdsong have been knocking around since 2017 – indeed, this reviewer distinctly remembers them appearing at a Summer’s End Festival in Chepstow around that time with an intriguing and rather folky performance. Soon after they released their distinctive version…
View More Exploring Birdsong – Every House We Built
I will admit to being more than a bit chuffed when Malcolm Galloway of Hats Off Gentlemen Its Adequate offered early access to the band’s ninth and newest album, Parallel Lives. There’s always that moment of “what will I do…
View More Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate – Parallel Lives