Nova Cascade – T P A

Nova Cascade – Box Man

Are we masters of our own destiny, or does the course of our lives hang upon a fate as arbitrary as the turn of a playing card? This is the question that underpins Nova Cascade’s latest and sadly final album,…

Nova Cascade – The Navigator

I had not heard of Nova Cascade until two years ago, when while listening in the chat room of Progzilla Radio’s The Prog Mill (curated by the beloved prog master Shaun Geraghty) I heard the title track from their Back…

Nova Cascade – Back From The Brink

You don’t need reminding that the last 18 months or so have been a very difficult time for everybody – including the musicians who have not been able to play live concerts or record together in the studio. For Dave…

Nova Cascade – A Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

It’s been just over a year since I reviewed Nova Cascade’s debut album Above All Else and the band, spearheaded very much by Dave Hilborne, have gone from strength to strength with very positive reviews, so it was with great…

Nova Cascade – Above All Else

Nova Cascade have a curious genesis, apparently formed in an online gaming chatroom which developed into a musical project involving musicians swapping music files many miles apart in Europe and America. Eventually they gathered enough material to create Above All…