‘Transneptunian’ is the term given to “any minor planet in the Solar System that orbits the Sun at a greater average distance than Neptune, which has a semi-major axis of 30.1 astronomical units”, and so would include Pluto (the opening…
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The Aristocrats unfreeze themselves from pandemic mode with their first studio album since 2019, ahead of a US tour. Nothing particularly strange about that, perhaps, but this is an album that appears to have happened almost by accident. In a…
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National Diet is a music project formed by self-confessed “Prog rock nerds” Jake Rose (Rainbow Face) and Conner Reilly (Mercury Tree, Rainbow Face, Nick Prol), their aim being to create songs which are melodic and complex. The songs are written…
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This is a review of Ufomammut’s latest album, Fenice, but I’m going to begin by writing about an earlier one. That might seem a strange thing to do, but it feels right for me. My descent into the dark and…
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Pryzme hail from Rennes in France, and the amusingly titled Four Inches is their debut album. Why Four Inches? Well, I guess it’s catchier than 10.16 centimetres. Odd album titles aside, this is an impressive piece of work, exploring the…
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The first album from a brand new band, particularly one that chooses the rarefied pastures of prog to sew their seeds, is always going to be a defining one, and for the relatively small (but perfectly formed) audience, it is…
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Calm. Peace. Tranquillity. Sounds nice, doesn’t it? With the world all going a bit bonkers (again), this album, the fifth release from The Utopia Strong in three years, is like an oasis of light in the darkness. A haven of…
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Andy Tillison has been going through a purple patch of late. Since his mild heart attack back in 2015, the Yorkshire keyboard player has released four albums as The Tangent, three as a solo artist (albeit under a variety of…
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Simon Phillips, the esteemed and world-renowned drummer, percussionist, producer, and songwriter, has created a worthy successor to the protocol line-up, a lineage that began with the first Protocol album in 1989. Protocol V is a smorgasbord of superbly produced fusion,…
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I have reviewed PsychoYogi albums before, most recently their last album, Dangerous Devices. I was delighted to hear that they were issuing their latest album on Bad Elephant, a label who have put out a ton of great music, and…
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