As we approach the half way point of 2019 and enjoy the delights of many fabulous releases, members of The Progressive Aspect team, in collaboration with Anthony Rowsick’s radio programme Prog-Watch, have collected together their “Best Albums of 2019 (so…
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The Mercury Tree – Spidermilk
[Warning: This review may contain some utter bollocks based on a limited understanding of musical theory. Strap yourself in, I may turn this thing over.] “… synthetic sounds, and a newly expanded line-up, we’ve tried to craft something that’s beautiful…
View More The Mercury Tree – SpidermilkThe Mercury Tree – Permutations
If I told you Mercury Tree have been roped into that driest of sub-genres “math rock” in the past it may put you off reading further. However, this Tree do human things with the dusty academic description that make this…
View More The Mercury Tree – PermutationsThe Mercury Tree – Countenance
Ben Spees, guitarist and keyboard player and vocalist with eclectic Portland, Oregon band The Mercury Tree describes Countenance as being “stylistically all over the map” and he is right. Being “all over the map” might often be a phrase used…
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