Current Listening ~ 2/12/08
Frost* ~ Experiments in Mass Appeal
Second offering from progs Mr Pop, Jem Godfrey. For me this is even better than the debut. More of a band feel prevails with Declan Burke from the very promising Darwin’s Radio on lead vocals a smart move!
Phil Manzanera ~ Firebird V11
Phil back with his old Quiet Sun mucker, Charles Hayward. This has a very Quiet Sun/Diamond Head feel to it and even a bit of This Heat avant gardness! A great instrumental album with Phil’s guitar suitably treated.
Edensong ~ The Fruit Fallen
A very promising US outfit producing deceptively heavily pastoral type prog. One to watch out for.
Steven Wilson ~ Insurgentes
The mans a genius. No more to be said!
Unitopia ~ The Garden
This is unputdownable. A fantastically rich tapestry of sounds. One of the best of the year!
Big Big Train ~ English Boy Wonders
This early album has been completely re-done and sounds superb as a result. BBG are one of our best bands and more people should know about them.
Hawkwind ~ Spirit Of The Age
This 3 CD box set is the first release on Atomhenge and is a precursor to all of Hawkwinds post 1976 albums being re-released. Given the full Mark Powell treatment this looks and sounds terrific.
Coming soon will be my favourite prog releases of the year. Looks like it may be a Top40 this year! There will also be a re-releases best of and favourite live albums/compilations as well as some other favourite new releases, which fall outside the prog category!
Second offering from progs Mr Pop, Jem Godfrey. For me this is even better than the debut. More of a band feel prevails with Declan Burke from the very promising Darwin’s Radio on lead vocals a smart move!
Phil Manzanera ~ Firebird V11
Phil back with his old Quiet Sun mucker, Charles Hayward. This has a very Quiet Sun/Diamond Head feel to it and even a bit of This Heat avant gardness! A great instrumental album with Phil’s guitar suitably treated.
Edensong ~ The Fruit Fallen
A very promising US outfit producing deceptively heavily pastoral type prog. One to watch out for.
Steven Wilson ~ Insurgentes
The mans a genius. No more to be said!
Unitopia ~ The Garden
This is unputdownable. A fantastically rich tapestry of sounds. One of the best of the year!
Big Big Train ~ English Boy Wonders
This early album has been completely re-done and sounds superb as a result. BBG are one of our best bands and more people should know about them.
Hawkwind ~ Spirit Of The Age
This 3 CD box set is the first release on Atomhenge and is a precursor to all of Hawkwinds post 1976 albums being re-released. Given the full Mark Powell treatment this looks and sounds terrific.
Coming soon will be my favourite prog releases of the year. Looks like it may be a Top40 this year! There will also be a re-releases best of and favourite live albums/compilations as well as some other favourite new releases, which fall outside the prog category!
posted by Barrie Sillars at
2:00 PM
5 Comments:
I listened to a couple of tracks from the new Frost* album and thought they weren't as good as the first album. The style seems more pop-metally to me.
You're right about the Unitopia album. I think the longer tracks are better than the shorter ones though.
Yes, I do think Jems full time pop career seeps more into this Frost* album, but I like that. The addition of Declan is a real boon.
The Unitopia is one of my favourites of the year. The long pieces are the best, but the shorter songs are pretty good too. I think Mark Trueack's vocals are very, very good. Have you seen the video for "This Life"?
I saw the video for 'This Life' but I wasn't too keen on the song.
From the Frost and Unitopia albums, which are your favourite tracks?
I think I'll give Frost*'s new album another try
Thanks for putting me back onto Frost*'s new album. I would have missed out on a gem. I think that the last track would have benefited from some editing though.
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