Album Reviews – Page 168

John Holden – Rise And Fall

To put it very simply, John Holden has done it again. Lightning has indeed struck twice, after 2018’s Capture Light. In Rise And Fall, John Holden has released a very fine album, encompassing a range of fascinating stories, packed with…

Klan – Senne Wędrówki

The quartet from Warsaw, founded in 1969, celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, an ideal opportunity to re-release a number of older albums and to bring them to the attention with, in addition to Mrowisko, also Senne wędrówki (Polish for…

Guranfoe – Sum of Erda

There are many bands playing the almost oxymoronic styled retro-prog, and few do it in a way that interests me. If the music is too honorific, derivative or comparable with the greats of the past, I can’t really see the…

Mariana Semkina – Sleepwalking

I’m not sure what I was expecting from Mariana Semkina’s first solo outing, but it wasn’t the opening track of Sleepwalking. Dark Matter treads the same neo-classical approach of iamthemorning, though Gleb’s piano is noticeably absent, of course. It’s an…

Doringo – Gužva u Svemiru

The second studio release of Croatian band Doringo, Gužva u Svemiru is described by the band as their first venture into a form of world music they are calling ‘geographical rock’, or geo-rock. It’s an interesting premise, certainly, and apparently…

A Formal Horse – Here Comes A Man From The Council With A Flamethrower

In these turbulent times, there are several good bands fronted by female singers inhabiting a small and somewhat crowded avant-pop-prog crossover shed, with an inkling for experimentalism, and a jazz sensibility. Bands such as Moe Tar, Infinien, District 97, Inner…