Isobar return with their fifth album, the cunningly titled Isobar V. Fronted by Malcolm Smith on guitars and Marc Spooner on keys, both previously from prog band Metaphor, they compose complicated instrumental flights of fancy which are performed with the…
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2023’s The Messenger was a welcome surprise from Pallas. An agreement between Alan Reed and the band that he had fronted for so long led to a renaissance for all of them, albeit one which would be a studio project…
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Let’s start with getting my slight ADHD pedantry out of the way. I find it frustrating that they have the capital letter at the end of the band’s name, rather at the start. But as a musical affectation it is,…
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In the third instalment of the brand new season of the ever-popular Celebrity Traitors, comedian James Acaster looked around the turret with his brand new teammates and commented, “It’s changing a lot, this Traitors. It’s like the Sugababes,” referencing the…
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Trauma is the sixth studio album by Downes-Braide Association (DBA). Originally formed as a studio project by Geoff Downes (Buggles, Yes, Asia) and writer/producer Chris Braide (The Producers, Sia, Lana Del Rey), the band has mined familiar territory, following in the…
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Some things take time to mature… as Credo demonstrate with their first new studio album since 2011. 15 years is a long time for a new release but then again Credo have never been a prolific band. Formed in 1992…
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Three and a half minutes into High and Just Proceedings, the debut album from Finnish band Hypnoma, the mood decisively changes. The time signature shifts, the soundscape calms, and a guitar rises above everything around it. Serene. Weightless. Unfettered. I…
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Malcolm Galloway, best known as the creative force behind progressive rock band Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate, has had a contemporaneous career as a contemporary classical/minimalist composer since 2015. Stare is his eighth solo effort in this genre. According to…
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Lesoir are a six-piece band hailing from Maastricht in the Netherlands. Since their 2009 self-titled debut, there has always been a passionate sense of immediacy and urgency in their music, which is particularly evident in their live performances. Their songs…
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Well, this was a long time coming, but it’s finally here! Square Wild have released their first album, Otherling. They have been racking up festival appearances for a number of years now, gaining a sizeable audience along the way, and…
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