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Vennart – The Demon Joke

It’s probably hard to dance to but I wouldn’t know about that. What I do know is that Vennart’s The Demon Joke is a great listen. I want music to captivate my mind and soul and it doesn’t matter what…

William D. Drake – Revere Reach

Take a swathe of eccentricity of the Very English kind, a keening sense of melody, mix in a wide spread of acoustic instrumentation with wielders who know how to get the best out of them, add pinches of folk, Cardiacs,…

Simon Steensland – A Farewell To Brains

Simon Steensland hails from Sweden, and makes a living as a professional musician composing and playing music for theatre productions. The list of plays he has contributed to is rather impressive. He describes his albums away from the “day job”…

Ghost Rhythms – Madeleine

Young French jazz-fusion ensemble Ghost Rhythms arrive at TPA Towers hitherto unknown to me with their third album, a two-hour long instrumental tribute to the movie Vertigo. Intrigued by the oft-quoted synchronicity between Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon…

Lunatic Soul – Walking On A Flashlight Beam

According to some, Steven Wilson is a genius. Believe me, Mariusz Duda is not far behind. You may know him from his bass playing, singing and writing for Riverside but if that is as far as you have got, then may…

Sky – Sky 3 / Sky 4: Forthcoming / Sky Five Live / Cadmium / The Great Balloon Race / Mozart

At the end of last year I reviewed the first two fruits of Esoteric’s remastered reissues series of the complete works of Sky, the Anglo-Aussie classical/rock crossover band formed in 1978 by classical guitar maestro John Williams. Probably the zenith…

The Aristocrats – Tres Caballeros

With a US tour starting in July and European dates scheduled for the end of the year, Messrs Govan, Beller and Minnemann return with the third studio instalment of their mind-bendingly dextrous outings as The Aristocrats. The album is well…

Emerson Lake & Palmer – Trilogy

Deluxe 3 Disc Edition including 5.1 Mix There’s no potted history of the band included here, and after 43 years, I can’t imagine Emerson Lake & Palmer’s third studio album needing any introduction either. Certainly not in a progressive rock ezine. Neither…

Big Big Train – Wassail EP

I have been sitting waiting for this release for some time, four tracks, three new, and I volunteered to review this objectively! Well. I will try. For my sins I will admit to being a long term Genesis fan, not…

Metallic Taste Of Blood – Doctoring The Dead

With a recent spate of richly melodic, highly enjoyable and in the main, readily accessible albums reviewed, it seemed timely to take the plunge into the ever increasing depths of the TPA pipeline (albums awaiting review), and select something a…

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