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Melt Motif – A White Horse Will Take You Home

A debut album, where does it fit? To my mind, this is art rock with prog undertones. Experimental with an industrial feel at times, like a dark Depeche Mode. The constituent parts are Rakel and Kenneth Rasmus Greve. It is…

Gayle Ellett & The Electromags – Shiny Side Up

A chance exchange online about a year or so ago with Gayle Ellett revealed an excited guitarist mentioning his latest project, Gayle Ellett and The Electromags. It instantly sounded, from the name of the band, like a guitar album, and…

Alex Henry Foster & The Long Shadows

Thekla, Bristol Sunday, 26th June 2022 This review started life rather conventionally, but apart from almost boring myself into oblivion I concluded that it simply just would not do to convey the truly awe-inspiring and mind-blowing experience of Alex Henry…

Ed Wynne & Gre Vanderloo - Tumbling Through the Floativerse

Ed Wynne and Gre Vanderloo – Tumbling Through the Floativerse

Ozric Tentacles main-frood Ed Wynne – for it is he – makes an album entitled Tumbling Through the Floativerse. No one is remotely surprised. It is in no way detrimental to say that the album sounds in large part as…

The Emerald Dawn

The Acorn, Penzance Saturday, 2nd July 2022 Home. Homeward bound. The comfort zone. Feelings of warmth and familiarity as I get to see two things: firstly, a full set from The Emerald Dawn, and secondly, an encore that would never…

A Different Aspect #83

Featured artists: Liontortoise | Philip Taylor | Procosmian Fannyfiddlers | Exowst Scotland | Quest Ensemble ||: In this ADA (shorter reviews) update TPA’s Bob Mulvey checks out recent Albums, EPs & Singles from: • Liontortoise – Sisters [EP] • Philip…

Bubblemath – Turf Ascension

Received wisdom would have it that Bubblemath take aeons to release new music. Absolutely ages. The faithful left awaiting new crumbs of musical comfort from their Minnesotan heroes after the release of the band’s debut album, Such Fine Particles of…

Endless Season – Paths and Crossroads

There’s a certain stigma attached to prog rock, isn’t there? When you tell a new person that you’re into prog – and by some chance they happen to know what it even is – there’s a common assumption of “Well,…

Delvoid – Swarmlife

Another week, another rather tasty musical offering emanating from Norway. This week it’s the turn of Delvoid, from Oslo, and they seem intent on pummelling us into submission with this their third album, entitled Swarmlife. The pummelling refers to their…

Nick Fletcher – The Cloud Of Unknowing

Wonderfully vibrant and expressive second solo album from virtuoso prog rock and jazz fusion guitarist, Nick Fletcher – setting the bar even higher on this release. When Steve Hackett, no less, states that “Nick Fletcher is probably the best jazz…