WISE AFTER THE EVENT

While Anthony Phillips' debut record The Geese & the Ghost was a proper progressive rock epic, Wise After the Event appears to be Philips attempt at making safer single-ready pop music. However, given Phillips' less than stellar singing voice, it's hard to imagine a record like this every truly gaining mainstream notoriety.

Yet despite the more modest song writing and even more meek vocal performance, there's still plenty to love about this record. The songs are largely characterized by well-produced lush 12-string guitar and piano chord progressions. Surprisingly, Anthony's vocal delivery adds a bit of psychedelic flavor to the album, particularly on tracks like 'Moonshooter' and 'Wise After the Event.' The song 'Goodbye Moonmen' from Rick and Morty season 2 is a pretty close modern-day, and probably more well known, comparison.

The songs do kind of bleed together and therefore make it difficult to focus on them straight through. But honestly this record is absolutely perfect for spacing out on a warm summer afternoon outside anyway.