Steven Wilson – To The Bone (2017) *****
What’s to like? Steven Wilson’s solo career continues to evolve and take the listener in surprising directions, with his newest album To The Bone influenced by pioneering eighties albums by […]
Paul Draper – Spooky Action (2017) ****
What’s to like? Debut solo album, over a decade in the making, as musician picks up the pieces after his former band disintegrates. Partly confessional and partly accusatory, but ultimately […]
Cult Of Luna – Years In A Day (2017) ***
What’s to like? Cult Of Luna’s interesting hybrid mix of metal, prog rock and industrial synthesiser gets a live release, in package designed to please fans, but which might leave […]
Pendragon – The Masquerade Overture (1996) *****
What’s to like? One of the finest albums from a band fondly regarded as part of the new wave of prog rockers that emerged in the early eighties. Symphonic in […]
Psychic Equalizer – The Lonely Traveller (2017) ****
What’s to like? A nicely put together little album, produced by a relatively unknown young writer and arranger, that is worth taking time out just to relax with, and perhaps […]
Talk Talk – Spirit Of Eden (1988) ****
What’s to like? A curio from the eighties which has been cited as a major influence on todays post-progressive musicians, and which turns out to be an album that reveals […]
Ephemeral Sun – Lord Of Hounds (2017) ****
What’s to like? I’ve just been introduced to Ephemeral Sun, who describe themselves as a heavy instrumental symphonic rock band, and who have just released a new album Lord Of […]
