Album Reviews – Page 284

Not A Good Sign – From A Distance

With their debut album being one of my favourites of 2013, the arrival of the highly anticipated new album from Italian eclectic progressive rock band Not A Good Sign was always going to be greeted with a cheer chez moi.…

Tom Slatter – Fit The Fourth

When I first heard of Tammy Slater I thought: “Hmmm”. For most of her day Tammy is high on a cocktail of Baby Bio and diet pills from the 1950s. At night she drags herself by her tentacles through the…

Fields – Contrasts: Urban Roar to Country Peace

For ten years or so from the mid 1990s I was consumed by a deeply entrenched record collecting bug. Many hours were spent trawling Record Collector sale lists, mail order catalogues and latterly eBay for ever more obscure vinyl delights.…

…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – IX

Once again I come to this review with little more knowledge of the band than hearing their name and no knowledge or their previous albums. The album has been out long enough for you to find other reviews so I…

The Nerve Institute – Fictions

From the Hieronymus Bosch cover art you know that the contents is likely to be something unusual, and so it is as Mike Judge takes us on another journey into some strange but very satisfying musical coves. A Kansas City…

Cross – Da Capo

Cross have been described as a ‘neo-prog’ band from Sweden, headed by multi-instrumentalist, Hansi Cross, which have been going since 1988, although this is the first time I have heard the band. The working title for their latest album was…

Dave Bainbridge – Celestial Fire

Ten years after the release of his first solo album, composer and multi-instrumentalist Dave Bainbridge returns with his second release, and whereas Veil Of Gossamer had the trappings of a solo album – no criticism intended by that remark –…

Keith Emerson – At The Movies

In general I’m not a huge fan of compilations, preferring, in the most part, to purchase the original albums and if necessary create my own “best of”. In the case of Mr Emerson’s previous band this would not include any version…

Deke Leonard – Iceberg / Kamikaze

Iceberg Co-founder of Welsh wizards Man and lifelong rock’n’roll raconteur, Deke Leonard was in and out of that legendary band more times than Harold Wilson collected and handed in the keys to 10 Downing Street. After being sacked by Man…

Methexis – Suiciety

Methexis is the brainchild of Greek multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger Nikitas Kissonas, a former member of Greek bands Verbal Delirium and Yianneis, and Suiciety is the second album from the project. The debut, entitled Fall Of Bliss was released in…

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