Thoughts are strange things. They come and go. Sometimes, they thrust themselves upon us; at others, they sneak up unnoticed and surprise us. They are always there, even if we are unaware of them. When one thought ends and another…
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The best thing about a Grice album is that whatever is delivered, quality is assured. Mordant Lake continues the current trend of an album with eight songs, which range from simple constructions to multi-layered compositions. The production values are high.…
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[WARNING: This review may contain hyperbole – read with caution] Jon Hunt is the best songwriting multi-instrumentalist from That London that has ever existed. Jon Hunt’s music could be described as being part of the singer-songwriter stable. But it isn’t…
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Karl Eisenhart first came into view for me with the debut album by his band Pinnacle. Since then, he has performed with Simon Godfrey (Tinyfish, Valdez) as part of Tribe of Names and acoustic duo Red with Chris Michels. Although…
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Meer’s first, self-titled album, released in 2016 and followed in 2021 by Playing House, simply stopped me in my tracks. The band’s sound is fresh, vibrant and exciting, blending elements of folk, prog and pop to create an original and…
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The arrival of the second full length outing from Gavin Harrison & Antoine Fafard was certainly one I had looked forward to as their previous album, 2020’s Chemical Reactions, was such a wonderful alchemy of progressive-fusion replete with exhilarating music…
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Last year’s Inner Prospekt release, Canvas Three, was an unexpected surprise. Its melding of the pastoral sounds of early Genesis with the drama of classic Italian prog had me coming back again and again. The mastermind and keyboardist behind the…
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Pyramid was the third studio album by The Alan Parsons Project (APP), the progressive rock ensemble comprising the engineer/producer Alan Parsons and the songwriter, musician and manager Eric Woolfson. Originally released in May 1978, it followed the successful and eclectic…
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Early in my days as a prog rock reviewer, Anubis’s sophomore album A Tower of Silence fell into my lap and I was instantly smitten. While it only got an 8/10 from me at the time, I found that it…
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When it comes to post rock/math rock instrumental bands, none have more musical swagger than Northern Ireland’s And So I Watch You From Afar. They create the kind of music that makes you dig deep and find resolve in places…
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